Museum Eye

Michael Davitt Museum Straide, Co. Mayo Open all year 10am–6pm daily. 094-31022/31942. davitt-museum@eircom.net www.museumsofmayo.com/davitt by Carla King On 1 February 1880, in one of the set-pieces of the land war, […]

TV Eye

Haughey RTÉ 1, June–July 2005 Directed by Niamh Sammon Produced by Steve Carson and Miriam O’Callaghan By Eamon O’Flaherty The Haughey biography was one of the most controversial Irish television […]

Little Big (Irish)man

KEOGH, Myles Walter (1840–76), soldier, was born 25 March 1840 at Orchard House, Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow, son of John Keogh, farmer, and Margaret Keogh (née Blancheville). Educated at the local […]

Major General Sir Hugh (‘Black’) Tudor

Last October I was approached by an old friend in England, who asked whether I would be interested in purchasing the First World War uniforms and various pieces of equipment […]

1916: Origins and Legacies

For the past eleven years Gorey, Co. Wexford, has been hosting the Byrne Perry Summer School. Miles Byrne and Anthony Perry were leaders of the 1798 Rebellion in Wexford. This […]