Issue 3 (May/June 2016)

‘Shooting is too good for ye hoors’

A REPORT ON THE LATEST DIGITAL RESOURCE FROM ANCESTRY.IE By Joe Cully Great progress has been made in the last few years in the digitisation of historical material and making it available on-line for professional and amateur historians alike. Indeed, it could be said that the digitisation revolution has significantly blurred the line between the … Read more

1916—a legacy of violence?

In the ongoing controversy about Glasnevin Cemetery’s commemorative wall listing the names of all 488 who died in the 1916 Rising, parallels have been drawn with the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Washington DC and the comfort derived by relatives from the explicit acknowledgement of their fallen kin. But amongst the 58,307 names you will find … Read more