Wrong way Corrigan

It was a flight that he claimed was ‘accidental’ that earned him the nickname ‘Wrong Way’ Corrigan, as well as a ticker-tape parade in New York, a Hollywood movie about […]

A stitch in time: the Stokes Tapestry

On display in the ‘Soldiers and Chiefs’ exhibition in the National Museum at Collins Barracks is a large table-cover, measuring 8ft by 4ft, called the Stokes Tapestry. This large pictorial […]

The Bolton Library

The Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary holds probably the most significant grouping of ecclesiastical buildings surviving from the medieval period in Ireland. Its largest building, the cathedral, was abandoned […]

Men of the South revisited

The origins of Men of the South may be attributed to a meeting on 25 May 1921 between Albert Wood KC and the recently arrested Seán Moylan, commander of the […]

The Dusek brothers, a.k.a. ‘the Riot Squad’

Danno’s first professional match in America was against Ernie Dusek, the leader of ‘the Riot Squad’, which consisted of the four Dusek brothers, Ernie, Emil, Rudy and Joe. The Duseks […]