On this Day

ON THIS DAY   MAY/JUNE 2015   MAY 01/1945 Joseph Goebbels (47), Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany since 1933, and one of Hitlers closest associates, committed suicide in a Berlin bunker, having poisoned his wife and six children.   06/1915 Orson Welles, actor, director, writer and producer who made his stage debut at … Read more

Sidelines

Dublin’s famous Mansion House celebrates its 200th anniversary this year, meaning that it is even older than London’s Mansion House. In 1715 it was purchased for £3,500 from Joshua Dawson by the Corporation as the lord mayor’s residence. Part of the sale agreement included an annual rent of 40 shillings and the provision of two … Read more

Events

MAY 33 Tues 8.30pm Kilmacanogue History Society, Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs. The GPO—200 years of history, Stephen Ferguson. Adm. €3. 7 Thur 11.30am RMS Lusitania centenary lecture, Bray Library, Eglinton Road. The last voyage of the RMS Lusitania, James Scannell. 7 Thur 6.30pm National Print Museum, Beggars Bush Barracks, Haddington Road. ‘The embrace … Read more