Tipperary South Riding County Museum is currently hosting a fascinating exhibition of old postcard scenes from around the county, providing an invaluable insight into life throughout the county at the turn of the century. It also tells the story of the postcard from its simple beginnings as a plain pre-stamped card, through the ‘golden age’ … Read more
Some of the finest Irish paintings from the turn of the century to the present day will be featured in a ground-breaking exhibition being premiered at Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery, 16 October 1998-10 January 1999. More than seventy works will be showcased in When Time Began to Rant and Rage: Twentieth-Century Figurative Painting from Ireland, … Read more
To commemorate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Irish Famine last year, Norma Smurfit commissioned Rowan Gillespie to create a work of art in honour of all those who died and suffered during the Famine. The bronze group sculpture (entitled ‘Famine’) deals with the subject of emigration and vividly portrays the extreme suffering … Read more
To commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the ending of the GreatWar, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association will be organising a seriesof public lectures (see ‘Events’ p.4) and an exhibition of personalstories and memorabilia belonging to Irish men and women who took partin this terrible tragedy. The purpose of the exhibition, Let IrelandRemember, will be to … Read more
One of the best kept secrets of Irish history publishing is Retrospect,journal of the Irish History Students Association, which every yearpublishes the papers delivered at the annual IHSA conference. Thecurrent issue includes: ‘The forces behind the Gaelic Revival in thelate medieval period’ by Brendan Daly (UCG); ‘The effects of the SecondWorld War on Northern Ireland’ … Read more