Dublin Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth By Jane Wales Begun in 1967 and opened in 1970, the P.J. Carroll factory was designed by Ronnie Tallon (1927–2014), the renowned Irish architect of the firm of Scott Tallon Walker Architects. Tallon’s design is a clear homage to the great German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969), one … Read more
One form tended to be rough and sometimes led to serious injury. By J.M. Tobin When thirteen men gathered in Hayes’s Hotel, Thurles, on Saturday 1 November 1884 to establish the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), few could have envisaged the impact that their initiative would have on Irish sport, not least on the game of … Read more
In this, the first of three articles counting down to the centenary of the Four Courts fire in June 2022, the directors of Beyond 2022 examine the origins of the Public Record Office of Ireland and its magnificent collection, dating back to the twelfth century. By Peter Crooks and Ciarán Wallace The Beyond 2022: Ireland’s … Read more
By Lar Joye The tradition of Irish service with the French army dates from 1615 but the era of the ‘Wild Geese’ regiments is from 1688 to 1791. The Williamite Wars (1688–91) caused the first 5,000 Irish recruits to arrive in France and these formed the basis of the famous Irish Brigade, consisting of five … Read more
RTÉ1 3 February–9 March 2020 (six episodes) By Deirdre Foley Herstory, the social enterprise founded to bring women’s stories ‘out of the shadows and into the light’, partnered with RTÉ, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, EPIC the Irish Emigration Museum and Underground Films to create this six-part series, which highlights ‘Ireland’s greatest female trailblazers’. The … Read more