waterfordtreasures.com By Tony Canavan As we are once again in lockdown, Museum Eye has resorted to the internet in order to visit a museum. Most museums have adapted to changed circumstances and have made exhibitions available online. Among those that provide a virtual offering, the tour of Waterford Treasures, that city’s medieval museum, is worth … Read more
RTÉ1, 30 November & 7 December 2020 Tyrone Productions, directed by Ruán Magan By Donal Fallon The Atlas of the Great Irish Famine pre-dated the Atlas of the Irish Revolution by some five years, but the remarkable success of the latter has opened new doors for its forerunner. In many ways, The Hunger follows the … Read more
By Raymond M. Keogh “For historians, the objective definition unburdens them of the impossible task of trying to reify Irish identity from the ever-changing narrative of its people or visualise it through the whims of shifting political and cultural perspectives over time.” Four years before the anniversary of the Easter Rising in 2016, … Read more
The 1972 Northern Ireland twopence piece By Mark Stocker “The timing of the coin, closely coinciding with the onset of the Troubles, was unfortunate for its proponents …” Decimalisation of the United Kingdom coinage was so successful that it was dubbed ‘the non-event of 1971’, and the coins themselves were seamlessly circulated and accepted. Northern … Read more
By Lar Joye During the twentieth century the Irish Defence Forces have, like other armies, issued bravery medals (the Military Medal for Gallantry and the Distinguished Service Medal), service medals, UN medals and, more recently, EU operation medals. In addition, four service medals were issued for the revolutionary period, covering the period from April 1916 … Read more