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
Filed under Irish politics …
President Higgins at Melbourne University
we have with us a politician, a poet, a writer, an academic, a statesman, a rights advocate, a champion of the creative industries. Continue reading
Linen Hall Library, Belfast
Over the years the Library has become the repository for a vast amount of material relating to the subject and the subsequent Peace Process Continue reading
Birds At Bundanon
Birds amplify
the silence; their calls,
borne on the wind’s leafy roar,
lodge in the mind, the marrow. Continue reading
Mystic and Revolutionary
The strange phenomenon that was Joseph Mary Plunkett – invalid, bohemian, fey man of letters, theatrical spy, bookish military strategist, unrequited lover, very public lover, and ultimately executed revolutionary. Continue reading
The Irish History Circle Meeting July 2017
‘The Orange Order Parades’
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Leo Varadkar: Ireland’s new Taoiseach.
A Republic of opportunities. Continue reading
Irish History Circle Talk – Monday 15th May
Why do we hear so little about Michael Davitt’s place in Irish history? Continue reading
Boost for a United Ireland
The commitment by the EU to accept a united Ireland is a huge victory for the Irish government Continue reading
Irish History Circle on 24 April at 7.30pm
Irish History Circle – The Secret History of Dublin’s Streets and Cathal Brugha Continue reading
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