Emer Purcell, Paul MacCotter, Julianne Nyhan and John Sheehan (eds), Clerics, kings and Vikings: essays on medieval Ireland in honour of Donnchadh Ó Corráin (Four Courts Press, €60 hb, 584pp, […]
Read More →The Irish Whiskey Museum is Dublin’s latest, and it has a prime site opposite the front gate of Trinity College. The entrance is located between two shops and may be […]
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Read More →In the decade after the passing of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act of 1838, the workhouse system was rolled out across Ireland. Irish workhouses were created to house the destitute […]
Read More →‘To General Strickland, Victoria Barracks, Cork We are holding Mrs Lindsay and her chauffeur, James Clarke, prisoners. They have been convicted as spies and are under sentence of death. If […]
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