Such well-narrated historical processes as the Roman, French and Russian revolutions allow us to identify the common traits of a revolution as distinct from a coup d’état or similar change […]
Read More →September 3 1972 Mary Peters of Belfast took the gold medal in the women’s pentathlon at the Olympic Games in Munich with a world record of 4,801 points. […]
Read More →Across 1 George ———, Anglo-Irish physicist who introduced the idea and name of the electron (6). 5 William ‘Guillermo’ ———, Cork-born scientist who helped establish Spain’s Natural History Museum (6). […]
Read More →It looks like my headline for last issue’s article on Olympic boxing—‘Punching above our weight?’—was vindicated by the impressive haul of four medals by our boxers in London (gold, silver […]
Read More →Sir,—Volunteers James and Timothy Coffey were from Breaghna, Enniskeane, Co. Cork, the eldest boys in the family of eight of farming parents James and Margaret Coffey. In the early hours […]
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