In the last issue of History Ireland in the article on the StrokestownPark House Archive, it was stated that approximately 5,000 documentsare located in the National Library. There are in fact over 20,000documents located there.
Dublin-in-Print is holding an exhibition to formally launch its projectwhich was established in December 1994 with the aim of creating adatabase index for The Freeman’s Journal. The exhibition will consistof a collection of articles from The Freeman’s Journal outlining thevarious issues which the paper reported upon in the winter of 1846/7.There will also be a … Read more
‘Women of ‘98’ is the theme of this year’s Byrne-Perry Summer School. Now in its second year the school, directed by Dáire Keogh and under the efficient and capable auspices of chairman Walter Forde and the local committee, should provide invigorating and stimulating debate. It runs from Friday 28 June to Sunday 30 June. Enquiries: … Read more
An exhibition on the history of the Irish in New York, due to open in March 1996 at the Museum of the City of New York, has been dogged by controversy before it has even opened. The row was sparked last year when a respected Irish-American scholar Marion Casey was replaced as guest curator. But … Read more