Ballina, Co. Mayo By Damian Murphy The River Moy at Ballina is the permanent home of a vessel that has beguiled the observer ever since it first appeared there in the 1930s. Built of concrete, the SS Creteboom owes its origins to a steel shortage during the First World War. By 1917, accelerated war production … Read more
A little-known 1920 piece for string quartet celebrating the sacrifice of revolutionary hero Terence MacSwiney is a musical dedication worth reviving. By Axel Klein It was an illustrious crowd that filled the Salle des Fêtes of the Hotel Continental in Paris that Wednesday 25 January 1922. People gathered for a leisurely evening of entertainment after … Read more
An analysis of Facts and figures of the Belfast pogrom 1920–1922. By Kieran Glennon In the summer of 1922, someone who was not the originally intended author wrote a pamphlet under a pseudonym; it was published by a company that may not have actually existed, and all but eighteen copies were pulped before they left … Read more
Recovering a small piece of Dublin history with the return of a decorated Great War veteran’s medal. By John Murray On Wednesday 21 April 1909, James Murray, a labourer living in 8 Grant’s Row in central Dublin, left for work. It would prove to be a day of unimaginable tragedy for him. He left his … Read more
By Fiona Fitzsimons The Royal Hospitals of Chelsea and Kilmainham were founded in the seventeenth century to provide accommodation for old soldiers ‘broken by age or war’, but the greater number of pensions issued by the Royal Hospitals were not to veterans ‘living in’ but to ‘out-pensioners’ living in their own homes. The UK National … Read more