July 8 1920 James Joyce arrived in Paris, planning to stay for only a few months; finding the intellectual environment conducive to his intellect, he remained for almost the rest of his life. 9 1995 The Clare hurling team under Ger Loughnane won the Munster hurling championship for the first time since 1932. They went … Read more
The Gathering, Fáilte Ireland’s attempt to lure the overseas Irish back to the oul’ sod, is well under way and a great success by all accounts. Surely the most imaginative event of the campaign is the global donkey gathering in Omeath, Co. Louth. In the late nineteenth century, Francie and Katie Murphy of that parish … Read more
James Larkin arrived in Ireland in 1907 to begin his union organising work. The first members were enrolled on 20 January 1909 in the new Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union (ITGWU). By 1911 the ITGWU had about 4,000 paid-up members, but this number had doubled by the end of 1912 and had increased to … Read more
Matt Treacy (Brocaire Books, €20) ISBN 9781291093186 Operating under various names over the decades—the Socialist Party of Ireland, the Communist Party of Ireland, the Irish Workers’ League, the Revolutionary Workers’ Groups, the Communist Party of Ireland (again), the Communist Party of Northern Ireland, the Irish Workers’ League (again), the Irish Workers’ Party (again) and the … Read more