Ulster Museum (until January 2024) By Donal Fallon On a busy Thursday morning in July, it was clear what had brought many of the visitors to the Ulster Museum. Within its section dedicated to the Northern Irish conflict, ‘The Troubles and Beyond’, several groups of visitors moved around the landmark exhibition, which includes the lid … Read more
TG4, 24 May 2023 By Sylvie Kleinman TG4 continues to air eclectic but probing documentaries. Conventional in format, this one is anything but boring and looks at the extremely off-centre topic of Irish adherents of communism. Given that Ireland was, as stated by a former member of the Connolly Youth Movement (CYM), Fergus Whelan, ‘the … Read more
By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr In September 1923 the Irish Free State joined the League of Nations. Led by Minister for External Affairs Desmond FitzGerald and President of the Executive Council W.T. Cosgrave, the Irish delegation travelled to Geneva for the ceremony. The path had been set earlier, with a vote by the first Dáil … Read more
Edward Fitzgerald’s world tour aboard HMS New Zealand, 1913 By Brian McGee A notable feature of Cork’s—and, indeed, Ireland’s—maritime, cultural and family history has been service in the navy, whether the Irish Navy, the merchant marine or the British Royal Navy. Cork man Edward Fitzgerald (1876–1958) joined the Royal Navy in 1893 and served as … Read more
By Saskia Vermeulen The Irish Film Institute (IFI) is delighted to partner with History Ireland and welcome readers to visit the treasure trove of film material available for free, anywhere in the world, on the IFI Archive Player (https://ifiarchiveplayer.ie/). This virtual viewing room presents the remarkable moving-image collections held in the IFI Irish Film Archive, … Read more