By Fiona Fitzsimons In May 1709, c. 13,000 Palatine refugees arrived in England. They were artisans and small farmers from the regions of Baden, Hesse and the Rheinish Palatinate (present-day south-west Germany). The Palatines were the crest of a wave, which by the time it receded had deposited over 30,000 refugees. They spoke many different … Read more
By Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh Eighty-one years after his death, William Patrick Ryan is still best remembered for editing a newspaper that was denounced by the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland but lived to tell the tale. And with good reason: even at this distance, it’s quite the feather in a radical journalist’s cap. … Read more
By Michael de Nie The Irish Land War (1879–82) was an economic, political and social conflict contested on multiple fronts. One of these fronts was the popular press, as newspapers and periodicals on both sides of the Irish Sea offered contrasting and often starkly conflicting narratives about the condition of Ireland and how it might … Read more
By Niamh O’Sullivan The doctored eviction image shared by Sinn Féin’s housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin, originally executed in 2021 by the artist Adam Doyle, a.k.a. Mála Spíosraí/Spice Bag, was inspired by a 2018 eviction in Dublin’s North Frederick Street at which masked gardaí assisted. It struck a deep chord, leading to calls for an … Read more
By Henry A. Jefferies Generations of students have learned about ‘Silken Thomas’ FitzGerald and his ill-fated rebellion of 1534/5 but were taught nothing about the involvement of his foster-mother, his wife or his stepmother in what was one of the most important events in Irish history. Tudor Ireland, it seemed, was most definitely a ‘man’s … Read more