This exhibition is a good example of bringing a global event down to the local level. The objects on display are not a random selection; groups are related to each other in being tied to a particular person, with the common thread being the Newry Roll of Honour, a recent donation to the museum. The … Read more
ANU Productions National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, 2 Feb.–30 April In early 1915, D Company of the 7th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers was stationed and trained in the massive Royal Barracks (now Collins Barracks) in Dublin. D Company was quite distinctive: it was a ‘pals’ unit, in which a cohort of friends, … Read more
by Thomas Kilroy, directed by Patrick Mason RTÉ Radio 1’s Drama on One 1 March 2015 Thomas Kilroy is regarded as one of Ireland’s most important living writers and, along with Brian Friel, one of the key modernisers of Irish theatre. A contemporary of Frank McGuinness, Tom Murphy and Seamus Deane, Kilroy is world-renowned as … Read more