Frederick Douglass aboard the Cambria, 1845

Published in Boston in the summer of 1845, Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave caused an immediate sensation. Denounced as a ‘catalogue of lies’ by newspapers […]

Napoleon’s Irish Legion

The French revolutionary government had launched two unsuccessful Irish invasions—in 1796 and 1798—believing that Britain’s naval superiority would be much reduced by the loss of Ireland. In 1803, following lobbying […]

Resurrecting an ancient chief

On 1 May 1639 a ‘Wild Goose’ in Brussels, Flanders, passed away somewhat unexpectedly and was interred in the Church (now Cathedral) of St Michael and St Gudula in the […]

Kilcorban friary, Co. Galway

Kilcorban Dominican friary is located in east Galway in the diocese of Clonfert. The friary was home to Ireland’s only community of the Dominican Third Order Regular. It appears to […]