Heritage Retrieval Project State Library of Queensland, Australia Since its establishment in 1993, The Heritage Retrieval Project has been most successful in collecting intriguing stories about its earliest settlers. These pioneers came from farms, villages and towns in Ireland, bringing skills, courage and determination to the new colony of Queensland. Representatives from the State Library … Read more
UCG Women’s Studies Centre Review III Volume III of the UCG Women’s Studies Centre Review, edited by Pat Byrne, Jane Conroy and Alan Hayes, is now available and contains eighteen papers on a broad range of subjects. Of particular interest to readers of History Ireland are ‘The status of women in medieval Ireland’ (Aoife de … Read more
Tom Crean was born in 1877 in Annascaul, County Kerry. At the age of twenty he ran away from home and by 1901 he was serving as naval seaman in the New Zealand squadron of the Royal Navy. It was from here that he joined Scott’s ship Discovery on its way to Antarctica. By 1914 … Read more
At the last annual general meeting of the Federation of Local History Societies, Rathfeigh Historical Society reported on the possible replacement of a statue of Saint Patrick on the Hill of Tara. The original was removed by the OPW, after consultation with the bishops ofthe area, for possible refurbishment but was found to have deteriorated … Read more
Papers are invited for the eleventh Ulster-American Heritage Symposium, jointly sponsored by the Ulster-American Folk Park and the University of Ulster, to be held at the Ulster-American Folk Park on 8-10 August 1996. The symposium will be concerned with all aspects of emigration from Ulster to North America: the religious groups which took part in … Read more