The Great Telescope, an amazing feat of engineering and astronomy designed and built by William Parsons, third Earl of Rosse, in the mid nineteenth century, is now fully restored in Birr Castle Demesne and will be the central attraction in Ireland’s Historic Science Centre. Taking as its focal point the genius of one family, the … Read more
Fernhill House is a community museum which explores the history of the Greater Shankill and tells the story of the people from the early nineteenth century to the present day. The museum is primarily concerned with the social and industrial history of the Shankill, the tradition of military service and aspects of cultural identity. The … Read more
Ulysses the book is coming home. For the first time this century, weare to have a Dublin edition of Joyce’s greatest work, edited by DanisRose and published by Lilliput Press. Readers will be familiar with thecontroversy of a few years ago between Hans Walter Gabler, whopublished his ‘The Corrected Text’ as definitive, and the Bostonscholar, … Read more
So ran an ad for The O’Donohoe Shell Fish Tavern in Abbey Street in the Freeman’s Journal, 9 January 1847. The Dublin Heritage Group have used it as the title for its ongoing exhibition on Aspects of the Great Famine (June, Rathmines Library; July, Ballyfermot Library; August, Wheatfield Detention Centre). The exhibition endeavours to explore … Read more
While the recent public demonstration of members of the Garda Siochána is unprecedented it is not the first time there has been unrest amongst an Irish police force on questions of pay and conditions. Up to 1925 responsibility for policing Dublin rested with the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP), founded in 1835. At the turn of … Read more