Family Values: The Sheehy Skeffington Papers in the National Library of Ireland

The National Library Manuscripts Department is the repository of many collections of manuscripts emanating from individual families, most frequently families belonging to the ‘big house’ tradition, whose status generally derives […]

The Ulster Volunteers 1913-1914: force or farce?

In January 1913, Ulster Unionist resistance to Home Rule entered a more militant phase with the establishment of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). Work published on the UVF to date […]