Colmcille 1500—man, myth and memory

Columba or Colmcille was born 1500 years ago in Gartan, Co. Donegal, and claimed descent from the legendary High King of Ireland, Niall of the Nine Hostages. He entered the […]

Ireland and the ‘Greater War’ in Europe—compare and contrast

While there were optimistic hopes that the First World War or ‘Great War’ would be ‘the war to end all wars’, post-1918 Europe, including Ireland, instead experienced a ‘Greater War’—a series of civil, border and ethnic conflicts—that lasted […]

‘Grand and Royal’—a history of Irish canals

One of the unsung successes of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement was the establishment of the all-island body, Waterways Ireland, with responsibility for canals and waterways. But what drove the […]

IRISH CHIEFS’ AND CLANS’ PRIZE IN GAELIC HISTORY 2022

Content is protected. Please sign up or login to view content. If you would like to take out a subscription to the magazine, you can do that by clicking here

Crowd-funding the revolution—the underground administration

Dáil Éireann sought not only to take back the political control lost in the 1800 Act of Union, but also the fiscal and monetary powers lost with the merger of […]