When Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire (Florence Conry), appointed minister provincial of the Irish Franciscans at the general chapter of the order in Toledo in 1606, successfully petitioned Philip III of Spain […]
Read More →In 1979, in one of the first public addresses of his pontificate, Pope John Paul II called for a new study of the long-contested ‘Galileo affair’ that would permit ‘a […]
Read More →When the principal Ulster lords, together with almost 100 of their followers, fled the province in September 1607 they left behind a situation of some confusion. Among their own followers […]
Read More →Is mó dán a ghin an tarlaing a dtugtar ‘Imeacht na nIarlaí’ coitianta air. Bainean dhá cheann de na dánta sin leis an imeacht féin agus leis an long a […]
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