By Joe Culley @TheRealCulls Boston-based Professor Emerita of History Catherine Shannon was one of History Ireland’s founding patrons, and Navigating historical crosscurrents in the Irish Atlantic—her Festschrift (as we say in the trade)—is packed with genuinely interesting essays from some heavy hitters. But what jumped out was Kerby A. Miller’s impassioned and—dare I say it—angry … Read more
Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Belfast By Briony Widdis On 31 March 2022, National Museums NI launched Inclusive Global Histories at the Ulster Museum. Developed with the support of Michelle McIntyre-Brewer as Cultural Liaison, and through collaboration with local citizens and organisations, the exhibition indicates institutional commitment to decolonisation and to confronting contemporary racism. According to … Read more
RTÉ1, 2 and 9 February 2022 Directed by Gerry Gregg and co-produced by Gregg and Nuala Cunningham By Sylvie Kleinman ‘England was my saviour, it was my freedom, away from the Catholic Church, the nuns, and the State.’ The symbolic irony underlying this damning statement by a Magdalene laundry survivor, Gabrielle O’Gorman, was recorded in … Read more
By Gráinne Doran Wexford County Archive is home to an extensive range of private collections relating to the ‘decade of centenaries’. These range from the personal papers of some of the leaders of the 1916 Rising in Enniscorthy to others from County Wexford who commenced their active service during the War of Independence and Civil … Read more
By Séan Ó Duibhir On 6 May 1970, Irish citizens were shocked to learn that Taoiseach Jack Lynch had dismissed two of his most energetic and powerful cabinet colleagues, Minister for Finance Charles Haughey and Minister for Agriculture Neil Blaney, because they failed ‘to subscribe fully to government policy’ on Northern Ireland. Moreover, it was … Read more