The National Museum and National Library are nominally autonomous bodies, thought of as staffed mainly by professionals. They are frequently called upon, however, to provide substance for government policy initiatives. […]
Read More →ON THIS DAY MAY/JUNE 2015 MAY 01/1945 Joseph Goebbels (47), Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany since 1933, and one of Hitlers closest associates, committed suicide in […]
Read More →The PSNI’s decision to investigate crimes committed during the Northern troubles using subpoenaed interviews from the now-infamous Boston College ‘Belfast’ oral history project continues to have an impact on republican […]
Read More →Dublin’s famous Mansion House celebrates its 200th anniversary this year, meaning that it is even older than London’s Mansion House. In 1715 it was purchased for £3,500 from Joshua Dawson […]
Read More →Built as the Cavan and Monaghan District Lunatic Asylum and officially opened in 1869, St Davnet’s Hospital has had a powerful presence in the area. Led by medical historian Anne […]
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