BBC Northern Ireland King Billy (Olivia Nash), 28 January The Plantation (Jimmy McAleavy), 4 February St Patrick (Ian Kirk-Smith), 11 February by Eamon O’Flaherty ‘You thought you knew . […]
Read More →FIELD, William (1843–1935), nationalist politician and businessman, was born in Blackrock, Co. Dublin, son of John Field, victualler, and Grace Field (née Byrne). He became politically active in the Amnesty […]
Read More →The tiny village in Hainaut slumbers in the morning sun. Once a great battle was fought in Fontenoy. Thousands of soldiers died here on 11 May 1745. Some of the […]
Read More →When Eoin O’Mahony died in February 1970 at the age of 65 The Times said that he was the outstanding Irish talker of his time and remarked that if he […]
Read More →Ireland will find it difficult to escape the nightmare of history this centennial June, with a series of events slated to explore history in several invented states. Historians and […]
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