The response to the Belfast blitzes of 1941. By Pat Poland By April 1941 the United Kingdom had been at war with Nazi Germany for over a year and a half. From the start, the authorities in Northern Ireland believed that they were geographically too far removed from the main action for it to have … Read more
In this, the second of three articles counting down to the centenary of the Four Courts fire in June 2022, the directors of Beyond 2022 examine the Public Record Office of Ireland and its 55-year history as a living institution. By Peter Crooks and Ciarán Wallace The destruction of the Public Record Office of Ireland … Read more
Arguments for the parliament of Southern Ireland, 1921. By M.C. Rast After years of organisation and effort by Irish nationalists, a Home Rule legislature opened in Dublin on 28 June 1921. It was not the great national assembly envisioned by leaders like Parnell and Redmond. Ironically, the small coterie of lawmakers were not nationalists at … Read more
While it was deemed a propaganda success, could a better plan have yielded an IRA military victory? By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr The attack on the Custom House on 25 May 1921 was a resounding propaganda success for the IRA, but from a military point of view there were flaws in the planning and it … Read more
By Laura Marriott The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were a golden age for English theatre, with writers such as Shakespeare and Marlowe drawing in the London crowds. Soon cities and towns outside the capital began to build their own theatres. Performances attracted a remarkably diverse group of people, from every socio-economic class. Theatre was a … Read more