DAVID DICKSON Yale University Press €22 ISBN 9780300229462 Reviewed by John Cunningham ‘Many of the best streets are entirely occupied by shops; these have all large windows, in which the articles are exhibited to attract purchasers. They also have over the doors a plank painted black, on which is inscribed, in gold letters, the name … Read more
By Joe Culley @TheRealCulls In the middle of the Civil War, an IRA intelligence report from November 1922 assessed the 52 pro-Treaty members of Dublin Corporation thus: ten Treaty, including (Lord Mayor) Laurence O’Neill and Alfie Byrne; 32 pro-Treaty, ‘but not so bad’; and ten hard pro-Treatyites, ‘real bad eggs’. One of those ‘bad eggs’ … Read more
Greyfriars, Waterford, X91 CF95 076-110 2501, bookings@waterfordcouncil.ie https://www.waterfordtreasures.com/irish-museum-of-time By Tony Canavan Located in a converted church, the Irish Museum of Time is the country’s newest museum. Its collection is spread over two storeys and as soon as you enter you are struck by the spectacle of polished wood and gleaming brass. Almost every conceivable type … Read more
RTÉ1, 21 August 2021 By Donal Fallon Emer Reynolds’s documentary opens with shots of contemporary Dublin, showing us Phil Lynott’s place in the iconography of the city—the painted light-boxes, the prints, the murals and more besides. From the streets of suburban Crumlin to the city centre, we see images of Lynott everywhere, reminding us that … Read more
By Joanne Rothwell On 29 March 1941 a circular letter transmitting ‘Emergency Powers (No. 73) Order, 1941’ to local authorities was sent out by the Department of Local Government and Public Health. It empowered local authorities to compulsorily acquire bogland for the purposes of exercising by direct labour a right of turbary over the land. … Read more