By Sylvie Kleinman ‘For the first time in its life, the Castle was going to be popular’, was how Ishbel Gordon, Lady Aberdeen, wife of one of the last viceroys of Ireland, recalled the public’s enthusiasmfor the scheme to convert the Viceregal Apartments of Dublin Castle into a Red Cross military hospital. Because James Connolly … Read more
By Tony Canavan The 1916 Roll of Honour on-line The 1916 Roll of Honour was created on the twentieth anniversary as the official state listing of the men and women who took part in the 1916 Rising. It is comprised of 45 pages with a total of 1,665 signatures of the survivors in 1936, along … Read more
Now that the centenary commemorations of the 1916 Rising are receding in the rear-view mirror, what are we to make of the experience? In spite of the inauspicious launch of the official programme of commemoration last November (don’t mention the video!), and a palpable sense of anxiety at commemorating the events at all, official Ireland … Read more
By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr Upon his arrival on Friday 28 April 1916 to take command, Major-Gen. Sir John Grenfell Maxwell first issued a proclamation indicating that he would take all measures necessary to quell the Rising. His second command was to have a limepit dug in the yard of Arbour Hill Prison (large enough … Read more
MAY 03 Tues 1pm Dublin City Council & the Irish Georgian Society, RSAI, 63 Merrion Sq. S. Historic ironwork: its history, significance and conservation, Ali Davey. Adm. €15. 03 Tues 6.30pm Royal Dublin Society, RDS Library, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Law and insurgency: the Irish experience of 1916, Robert D. Marshall. Booking: +353 (0)1 2407254, librarydesk@rds.ie. … Read more