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
By Cian Flaherty For IRA men on the run during the War of Independence, photographs of them were dangerous objects, liable to be seized by the authorities and printed in the Hue-and-Cry and on ‘wanted’ posters, such as this one for Dan Breen of the 3rd Tipperary Brigade, printed by Alex Thom & Co. in … 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 Fiona Fitzsimons Wills and testamentary records provide some of the most reliable and descriptive evidence for family history. Documents were made in the testator’s own lifetime and signed before witnesses. The testator usually defined his or her relationship to all beneficiaries, and divided property of all types (real and personal) among them. From the … Read more