The Surprise, moored at the Cove of Cork, and the Essex, at Kingstown in Dublin Bay (now Dun Laoghaire), were derelict ships which operated as holding prisons for convicts from 1823 until 1837. Continue reading
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First hand witness of the Famine
How did an anti-Mason Protestant Abolitionist, temperance advocate and vegetarian from Vermont (USA) become a first hand witness of the Great Famine and a practical advocate for famine relief? Continue reading
July in the Irish History Circle – A Champion Lady Tennis Players
Anti-discrimination laws, if enforced, would certainly place restrictions on 12 July Parades. Continue reading
Book Launch of new work on Santamaria’s Movement
Book launch of The Show: Another Side of Santamaria’s Movement Continue reading
Summary of Irish History Circle Meeting June 2017.
Ireland had a G4 3000 years before Christ…. Continue reading
Teenage Kicks – A Musical Journey
My first ‘dance’, a hop, as it was known then, was at the local ‘Legion of Mary’, organised by a fellow teenager…. Continue reading
‘1904 and all that…’: Barry Jones on James Joyce
James Joyce was one of a long list of great writers who failed to win the Nobel Prize for Literature: Ibsen, Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Zola, Hardy, Henry James, August Strindberg…. Continue reading
Eurovision Song Contest: Is It Time For Ireland To Take A Break?
For the fourth consecutive year, Ireland has failed to qualify for the Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Continue reading
Irish History Circle, May 2017
‘What defines Irish Nationalism ?’
plus Michael Davitt and the Land League Continue reading
Irish History Circle – 19 June 2017
What do we mean by Celtic Consciousness? Continue reading
