75TH ANNIVERSARY By Brian Barton In his book Post 381, Jimmy Doherty, former air-raid warden, describes the Belfast blitz as being the ‘most disastrous event in the history of the city’. Undoubtedly it was a traumatic and defining one, unprecedented in the history of Ireland. Major cities in Britain experienced many more air raids than … Read more
by Tony Canavan What on the face of it seems a petty quarrel could scupper state funding for a museum dedicated to Dublin life 100 years ago. Minister of State Aodhán Ó Ríordáin says that he will not provide funding for a museum at 14 Henrietta Street if it is not called the ‘Tenement Museum’. … Read more
By Shay Kinsella On Easter Monday night 1916, Mrs Eleonore Connor walked the floors of her home on Montgomery Street, Carlow, anxiously awaiting the return of her husband. Prevailed upon that morning by some neighbours to drive them back to their jobs in Dublin following Easter visits to Carlow, James Connor had been warned against … Read more
March 01/1976 Secretary of State Merlyn Rees announced the ending of special- category status for political prisoners in Northern Ireland. 04/1966 Capital punishment was abolished in Northern Ireland, except for political murders. 06/1918 John Redmond (62), leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party since 1900, died. 07/1936 German troops occupied the Rhineland in defiance of the … Read more