NOVEMBER 01 Thur 8pm Mount Merrion Historical Society, Community Centre, North Avenue. The original houses of Belfield, Ruth Ferguson. Adm. €4/students €2. 03 Sat 11am Military History Society of Ireland, Wexford Town Library. The war at sea around Ireland, 1914–18, Pat McCarthy. 03 Sat 11am–4.30pm Medal Society of Ireland, Knox Hall, Monkstown Village. Medal and … Read more
By Joe Connell Following the armistice that ended the First World War on 11 November 1918, the British government called a general election for 14 December, in which Sinn Féin won 73 out of 105 seats. The election saw the overwhelming defeat of the moderate nationalist Irish Parliamentary Party, which had dominated Irish politics since … Read more
BY AODHÁN CREALEY NOVEMBER 11/1958 The disappearance of Moss Moore (46), a bachelor farmer from Reamore, north of Tralee, Co. Kerry. During the summer of that year, Moss Moore’s neighbour, Dan Foley, erected a fence on what he considered to be the natural boundary of his land on a bleak Kerry mountainside. Moore, however, was … Read more
Victorian and modern prison regimes on Spike Island, Co. Cork. By Barra Ó Donnabháin Spike Island is dominated by a Napoleonic-era fortress that was used as a prison from 1847 to 1883, and again from 1985 to 2004. The Spike Island Archaeological Project was established in 2012 to examine the material remains of the Victorian … Read more
EPIC, the Irish Emigration Museum, collaborates with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to showcase the global Irish diaspora. By Angela Byrne In 2018–19 EPIC is working together with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to celebrate global Irish emigration through the centuries, and to enhance connections with the Irish diaspora today, … Read more