By Jacek J. Jadacki and Eoin Kinsella On 13 November 1946, Minister for Finance Frank Aiken asked the Dáil to sanction an additional grant of £1,000 to the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) to fund temporary professorships—a highly unusual move for what was a learned society, not an academic institution for teaching or research. As Aiken … Read more
BY AODHÁN CREALEY MAY 09/1908 Luke Livingstone Macassey (c. 65), civil engineer and barrister, died. Macassey is remembered as Belfast’s ‘water hero’, the visionary engineer who brought a reliable supply of clean water to a city whose population had risen from 22,000 in 1807 to 270,000 in 1890 and in so doing probably saved more … Read more
Mid-Antrim Museum, Ballymena, until 5 June 2022Larne Museum, 4 July–26 August 2022enquiries@midandeastantrim.gov.uk By Rachel Newell Lizzie Barr was tried for the murder of Adam Maxwell in front of a full court-house in Larne, Co. Antrim. Local interest and a dramatic story meant that many others waited outside, unable to watch the unfolding drama. The victim, … Read more