Kilkenny’s newest attraction opened its doors to the public on 28 February 2017. By Evelyn Graham The Medieval Mile Museum, which has been developed by Kilkenny County Council with substantial grant-aid from Fáilte Ireland, is a major new cultural centre in the heart of Ireland’s Medieval Mile under the management of the Kilkenny Civic Trust. … Read more
Reflections on the lives of women who challenged the norm. By Sarah Hunter To mark International Women’s Day on Wednesday 8 March 2017, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) hosted an event which highlighted the lives of a number of extraordinary Irish women. The theme was ‘Be bold for change’, and Amy Carmichael, … Read more
In this decade of anniversaries, 30 May 1967 is unlikely to loom large. Yet it marked the start of a war that for Irish people of a certain age (children in the 1960s or older) was as big as Vietnam—the war sparked by the secession of Biafra from the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The caricature … Read more
By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr Following the Rising, the Irish National Aid Association (INAA), first under the direction of George Gavan Duffy and Alderman Patrick Corrigan, combined with Kathleen Clarke’s Irish Volunteers’ Dependants’ Fund (IVDF) to form the Irish National Aid and Volunteers’ Dependants’ Fund. Joseph McGrath was the first secretary of the combined organisation. … Read more
BERNARD NEARY Lilliput Press €20 ISBN 9781843516811 Reviewed by: Donal Fallon Donal Fallon is joint editor of comeheretome.com, dedicated to Dublin’s life and culture. Perhaps no Dublin postcode has been as well served by historians as Dublin 7. Not only has the district inspired studies like Kevin Kearns’s excellent oral history Stoneybatter: Dublin’s inner urban … Read more