Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Belfast Creativecentenaries.org By Tony Canavan The Ulster Museum is to be congratulated for its imaginative approach to 1916. With so many commemorative exhibitions, it is difficult […]
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Read More →Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 6 August–24 September 2016 By Eamon O’Flaherty The most common question posed when deciding whether a work of art can be called a classic is whether it […]
Read More →Gambit Pictures, RTÉ1, 25 August 2016 Bob Jackson, A doctor’s sword: how an Irish doctor survived war, captivity and the atomic bomb (Collins Press, €22.99 hb, 304pp, ISBN 9781848892866) By […]
Read More →Convert Rolls 1703–1845 and Catholic Qualification Rolls 1774–1845 By Fiona Fitzsimons The Catholic Convert and Qualification Rolls were recently released on-line. The society portrayed in these records is much more […]
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