CARLA KING UCD Press €50 ISBN 9781906359928 Reviewed by Conor McNamara Published towards the end of the centenary year of the 1916 Rising, Carla King’s monumental biography of the later life of Michael Davitt concludes by noting the startling omission of serious analysis of Davitt’s political vision in the discourse of Irish revolutionaries during the … Read more
The return of a stolen relic has added another tale to the saint’s legend. By Jesse Harrington This April (2018), in the choir-sung presence of the archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, and Garda Assistant Commissioner Pat Leahy, the metal-encased heart of St Laurence O’Toole was returned to Christ Church Cathedral. … Read more
By Ruth McManus Recent suggestions that some of Dublin’s distinctive twentieth-century local authority flat complexes could be ‘de-listed’ as a prelude to demolition have generated a timely debate about the value that we place on our historic built environment. The discussion has been prompted by the proposed renewal and redevelopment of 109 apartment complexes owned … Read more
JULY 10 Tues 8pm Genealogical Society of Ireland, Dún Laoghaire Further Education Institute, Cumberland Street. Unlocking Catholic records outside Ireland, Brian Donovan. Adm. €3. 14 Sat 11.30am Mayo Genealogy Group, Museum of Country Life, Turlough Park, Castlebar. Researching your family history (drop-in session). 19 Thur 5.30pm Rebel Women of the 20th Century, GPO Witness Visitor … Read more
By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr During the 1916 Rising, many Gaelic Athletic Association members fought with the rebels. The GAA subsequently became increasingly militant. The Association often held meetings in a hall at 68 Sackville Street Upper (now O’Connell Street). Dublin Castle held this to be the ‘Central Council of the GAA’ prior to the … Read more