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
1–3 KILDARE STREET, DUBLIN By Damian Murphy The Kildare Street Club can trace its origins back to 1782, when William Conyngham (1733–96), blackballed from his usual haunt at Daly’s Club in Dame Street, established a rival club in a townhouse at 6 Kildare Street. Daly’s Club faltered and the Kildare Street Club flourished, resulting in … Read more
By Eamonn O’Keeffe The Soldiers and Chiefs exhibition in Dublin’s Collins Barracks houses a polychromatic uniform of the Kilkenny Militia with a provenance no less colourful. Saved by an antiquarian from the ignominious fate of adorning a garden scarecrow, it is a striking testament to the remarkable crescendo of martial music in Ireland prompted by … 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
By Maria Luddy I have been researching Irish history for over 40 years and have never tired of visiting archives, talking to archivists, searching catalogues, locating material on current interests and looking for inspiration in previously unknown sources for what I might study next. The last twenty years or so have seen enormous changes in … Read more