BY AODHÁN CREALEY MAY 07/1915 The luxury liner SS Lusitania, en route from New York to Liverpool with 1,962 passengers and crew on board, was struck by a U-boat torpedo some 18km off the Old Head of Kinsale. Minutes later, her secret cargo of 173 tons of rifle ammunition and shells exploded, sinking her in … Read more
By Damien McLellan In the summer of 2024, I walked about three miles along the very busy and very dangerous A4212 north-west from the market town of Bala in Gwyned, Wales. I wanted to slowly experience the moving sight of the Irish tricolour flying in the village of Frongoch. I expected little more. I had … Read more
National Gallery of Ireland, 18 July–6 December 2026 By Marie Bourke The National Gallery of Ireland has mounted a spectacular exhibition of 50 of its finest works on paper to celebrate Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union. Consequently, the exhibition looks at European artists from Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Belgium, … Read more