10 Mill Street, Dublin 8 By John Beattie No. 10 Mill Street is an important surviving early eighteenth-century house in the Liberties, Dublin. Believed to have been built as a dower house by the earls of Meath and later adapted by the Christian Brothers (1819) and the Irish Church Missions (1852), the twentieth century saw … Read more
There is much in these files for researchers and academics to grapple with for some time to come, proving that the MSPC is an essential source for any serious student of the Irish Revolution. By Michael Keane The latest release from the Military Service (1916–1923) Pensions Collection (MSPC) has made files relating to 73 of … Read more
Brexit or no Brexit, the Irish border is a subject of interest to many. People have been killed as a direct or indirect result of its existence and it has facilitated criminality for generations. There is, however, a lighter side. By Cormac Bourke It would make for instructive television to challenge unionists and nationalists to … Read more
In the year when we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the parliamentary vote for women, a look at the later lives of some of the women involved and their support for Indian independence—Maud Gonne MacBride, Charlotte Despard and Mollie Woods. By Kate O’Malley Maud Gonne This Irish nationalist/feminist icon needs little introduction, but what are … Read more
Cork city—a case-study. By Pat Poland In the early hours of Saturday 31 May 1941, the Whit bank holiday weekend, Acting Chief Officer John J. McInerney of Cork Fire Brigade was summoned from his quarters at the Central Fire Station to the watchroom to take an urgent telephone call. Bombs had again fallen on Dublin, … Read more