By Aaron Callan Revd James Godfrey MacManaway—or ‘JG’, as he was often known—was born in 1898, the son of the Rt Revd Dr James MacManaway, bishop of Clogher. He was educated at Campbell College and then Trinity College, Dublin. At the age of sixteen, whilst at Campbell College, he enlisted and fought at the Battle … Read more
By Lasara Lynch Fionán Lynch was born on 17 March 1889 in Waterville, Co. Kerry. Irish was his first language and he attended Rockwell College and Blackrock College. He planned to study medicine, but his father died suddenly and instead he went to teach Irish in a school in Swansea, Wales, where he founded a … Read more
By Siobhán Doyle This hurl was used in the All-Ireland hurling final of 1890, which was the third championship final in GAA history. It is not known which player on the Aghabullogue (Cork) team used the hurl but it was part of a remarkable moment in GAA history for many reasons. The 1890 All-Ireland senior … Read more
The fate of Sir John Lavery’s ‘Irish history paintings’ exhibited at the Irish Race Congress in Paris in January 1922. By Billy Shortall On 28 January 1922, just two weeks after the Dáil acrimoniously ratified the Anglo-Irish Treaty, at a time when the new Irish state was unsure whether it had a viable future, the … Read more
by Myles Mac Evilly During the First World War 23 airfields and airship stations were developed on the island of Ireland, one of which was in Castlebar, Co. Mayo. By the time the Royal Air Force became active in Mayo during the War of Independence, it had already been employed in a close air-support role … Read more