Features

By Saskia Vermeulen In this issue we explore newsreels of two pivotal moments, fortunately captured on film. Ireland’s lack of indigenous film-making during the early part of the last century means that the moving image was predominantly captured by non-Irish agencies. These newsreels of Irish events were screened alongside home-grown stories in cinemas and were … Read more

By Fiona Fitzsimons Between 1556 and 1622 the English State commenced a series of plantations to colonise Ireland. What started under the Tudors as a reform option became the predominant policy under James I. We can use the published Patent Rolls to trace what land was transferred and to whom. Searching for land grants in … Read more