By Patricia Fallon ‘All to one side like Moynalty’ is a well-known phrase in Meath, referring to the village of Moynalty, redeveloped in the early nineteenth century, under the ownership of John Farrell, as an estate village. The result was a village with a row of buildings on one side, book-ended by newly built churches. … Read more
By Fiona Fitzsimons Between the 1860s and the 1930s, over 100,000 child and juvenile emigrants were sent from the UK to Canada, Australia and New Zealand as part of the ‘Home Child Scheme’. Most Home Children were aged from seven to fourteen, although we find much younger children from two years upwards as well as … Read more
By Dennis Kennedy A photo recently in the Irish Times of the MV Naomh Eanna languishing on her side in Dublin’s Grand Canal Basin evoked memories of my first visit to Inisheer in 1965. Then the boat was most people’s only means of getting to and from the island, as it was for all goods … Read more
By Úna Kavanagh Autograph books were usually approximately the size of a Penguin paperback, with blank pages used to collect and exchange autographs and short written personal contributions. Like a predecessor of social media, they were often used by groups who shared a bond and wanted to preserve a keepsake of their inter-relationships. Contributions could … Read more
By Tim Murtagh and Stephen Scarth This article, the fourth in a series arising from the ‘Beyond 2022’ project, marks the centenary of the birth of the PRONI in the aftermath of the Four Courts fire of 1922. In June 1922, the opening engagement of the Civil War resulted in the destruction of the Public … Read more