BY TONY CANAVAN Immigrants boost native population New research from Queen’s University Belfast’s School of Natural and Built Environment has found that Ireland’s population was in serious decline for almost two centuries before the Vikings invaded. The QUB experts have released an estimate of past population numbers. They argue that the data show the … Read more
By Felix M. Larkin Ireland is often referred to as ‘the Land of Saints and Scholars’, and a number of saints have featured on Irish stamps, most recently Our Lady of Fatima and St Kevin of Glendalough. There have been few scholars, however. This deficiency was addressed in August 2019 when An Post launched … Read more
BY AODHÁN CREALEY NOVEMBER 10/1939 Charlotte Despard, née French (95), suffragette, socialist and philanthropist, died when she fell down the stairs in her home in Whitehead, Co. Antrim. Considering that they were polar opposites on the political spectrum, it is remarkable how Madame Despard, as she was popularly known, remained on close terms with her … Read more
By Donal Fallon The Irish Newspaper Archives has been a vital service for those researching the past for many years now, providing more than 300 years of archive publications on-line. Until now, these publications have consisted largely of national titles like the Freeman’s Journal, Irish Press and Irish Independent, as well as regional publications such … Read more