Porridge, RTE, the Travellers … Continue reading
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The People, Places and Events that Shape Us
He was a monk in a scriptorium
when, tongue out in concentration,
he applied himself to decorative capitals: Continue reading
A Woman Ahead of Her Time
It is easy today to forget the extreme ways that nineteenth-century British society divided along sectarian lines. Continue reading
The Influence of the Irish National School System on Australian Educational Policy
Waugh’s brief is not to debate the merits of the current Australian education system but to highlight the significant influence of the Irish National Schools system in colonial times in paving the way for the provision of public education in Australia. Continue reading
Arguing for a living
Essays on modern Irish life by an Irish controversialist, John Waters Continue reading
The Irish Christian Brothers At St.Kilda
It was that strong culture that has established a respected and impressive CBC St Kilda history Continue reading
St Patrick Visitor Centre, Downpatrick
… a site for community engagement across the Catholic-Protestant divide. Continue reading
Chief Secretary of Ireland’s Office Archives.
The records of the Chief Secretary of Ireland’s Office constitute one of the most valuable collections of original source material for research into Ireland in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Continue reading
Another Irish Hero for the Pantheon
It is a highly dramatic memorial which takes the form of a secular ‘stations of the cross’, with little way-points for remembering as persons those murdered. Continue reading
Urban Irish
Urban Irish is a language with a distinctive past and, one would hope, a distinctive future. Continue reading
