Local heritage groups and history projects could soon benefit from a £16 million grant from the Peace and Reconciliation Fund. The money is to go to promoting business and culture in Northern Ireland and the six southern border counties. It is estimated that at least one third of the monies will go towards cross-border cultural … Read more
This year marks the golden jubilee for the County Donegal Historical Society (Cumann Seanchais Dhún Na nGall). Founded in 1960 by the late Chris McDonagh from Ballymote, County Roscommon, the society is now one of the largest in the country with over 870 members. The society publishes the Donegal Annual and throughout the year organises … 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
In a short poem composed near the end of his life, W.B. Yeats wrote: ‘Out of Ireland we have come. /Great hatred, little room, /Maimed us from the start’. Over sixty years later, Yeats’s despair (or statement of fact), has maintained its relevance for understanding Ireland, and will continue to do so for years to … Read more