By Elaine Sisson and Brian Trench When Eamon de Valera was released from prison in July 1924, among the select few invited to a welcome party at a private house was Mrs Cogley, who sat with Rosamond Jacob and Mary MacSwiney on the stairs as they watched de Valera eat a chocolate éclair and drink … Read more
By M.C. Rast The May 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly elections were historic. Sinn Féin became the largest bloc with twenty-seven seats and the cross-community Alliance Party third largest with seventeen. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) lost three seats for a total of twenty-five, forcing it into second place. These results are significant, but this is … Read more
By Brian Griffin Thursday 13 November 1856 appeared to be just a day like any other at the Midland Great Western Railway Company’s Broadstone terminus in Dublin. The company’s cashier, George Samuel Little, worked as usual on checking his accounts in his office. The sums of money with which he had to deal were greater … Read more
The origins of the British Relief Association By Norbert Götz The obituary of Lionel de Rothschild (1808–1879) in The Times of London failed to point out the active part the baron played in organising British relief during the Great Irish Famine. This criticism was voiced by John B. Standish Haly, the former secretary of the … Read more
By Shaun R. McCann Blood is indeed a precious fluid that has intrigued man for millennia. Initially believed to contain the soul, memory or bravery, its place in Christian religion was preserved by the words of Christ at the Last Supper: ‘… after the same manner also He took the cup, when He supped saying, … Read more