Events

September 1 Mon 8pm Celbridge Historical Society, Celbridge Library. The quiet quarterback—Protestants and the GAA, Ida Milne. 6 Sat 11.30pm Bray Cualann Historical Society, Ballywaltrim Library, Boghall Road. County Wicklow’s […]

Dublin Festival of History returns

The Dublin Festival of History, which debuted last year and enjoyed packed audiences, returns on 26 September–8 October. There seems to be a voracious interest in history matters among the […]

Sidelines

More historical artefacts may be lost to Ireland with the sale of seventeen rare books and a collection of art by All Hallows College, Drumcondra, a former Catholic seminary. One […]

2014—bicentenary of the restoration of the Jesuits

Founded in 1540 by St Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556) and his companions, the Society of Jesus worked in schools, churches and other ministries in many parts of the world until […]

Efforts and Ideals: images of World War I

In 1917 the British Ministry of Information commissioned several well-known British artists to produce a series of images on different aspects of the First World War. The aim was to […]