The most disconcerting aspect of Milkman is that it sits so easily in the definition of Northern Ireland as an inevitably enduring site of sectarianism. Continue reading
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Irish History Circle: Dublin Hospitals
An astounding number of voluntary charitable institutions sprang up in Dublin in the early eighteenth century. Continue reading
Stephen Kinsella, Economist/Journalist at MISS
The Economic strengths of small states are better focussed upon than their deficits, argues Stephen Kisella. Continue reading
A new film about the Vinegar Hill rebellion
An invitation to an event in Penrith (New South Wales). Continue reading
Sinn Fein – the early years 1905 – 1922
What if there had been no Easter Rising? Continue reading
Mannix and Ireland in the 1920s
Mannix and De Valera had swapped places; De Valera in his early years wanted to be a bishop, Mannix now aspired to the role of statesman Continue reading
An Irish Hard Border revisited
In many places, the border lines made little sense and did not reflect local economic and social geographies Continue reading
John Redmond: one of Irish history’s great losers
Meleady makes very clear that he does not accept much of the previous scholarly and political consensus concerning Redmond’s alleged personal and political shortcomings. Continue reading
Remembering the Troubles
These oral histories detail the ordinary activist – those from working-class backgrounds who, in contrast to the revolutionary élite, rarely recorded their thoughts in letters, diaries or memoirs. Continue reading
St Patrick Visitor Centre, Downpatrick
… a site for community engagement across the Catholic-Protestant divide. Continue reading