US Military in Ireland Centenary Project. By Damian Shiels When Commander Joseph Taussig and his destroyers arrived in Cork Harbour on 4 May 1917, they represented the vanguard of a major American military effort that would ultimately see thousands of US naval personnel based in Ireland. For the next two years these Yank ‘Jack Tars’ … Read more
BY AODHÁN CREALEY JULY 16/1923 The Censorship of Films Act—‘to protect the citizens of the State from any films considered to be indecent, obscene, or blasphemous … or subversive of public morality’—was passed by Dáil Éireann after a lively debate. Typical of the contributions was that of William Magennis TD, who told the House that … Read more
The life and death of Major William (‘Willie’) Hoey Kearney Redmond (1861–1917) commemorated. At the outbreak of the First World War, John Redmond, the Wexford-born politician and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, called on the Irish Volunteers to enlist in the new British Army in the hope that this would strengthen the cause of … Read more