Another triumph of failure?

HOW AND WHY CANADIANS CELEBRATE THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE RAID ON RIDGEWAY By Daniel Panneton Celebrating historic losses on a national scale is a curious phenomenon. In an interesting […]

Bite-sized History

By Tony Canavan A different 1916 commemoration For Carlingford Lough this is the centenary of the collision of the steamships Connemara and Retriever with the loss of 97 lives on […]

Brexit and commemoration

By now much ink has been spilt on the implications of Brexit—for Ireland, the UK and Europe generally. This speculation is set to continue, particularly as regards British intentions, when […]

COUNTDOWN TO 2016: Emmet Dalton and Tom Kettle at the Battle of the Somme

By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr A member of Dublin’s middle class, Tom Kettle joined the Irish Volunteers at their inception in 1913. Previously, he had been a Home Ruler and […]

Events

JULY 02 Sat 11am Chester Beatty Library atrium, Dublin Castle. Intercultural tour with community ambassador: Mandarin language tour, Vicky Wang. 03 Sun 12 noon County Kildare Archaeological Society, Celbridge. Visit […]