An unusual souvenir of the Boer War

By Stephen Callaghan The Second Boer War broke out in October 1899. It was a conflict for which the British were under-prepared, with towns like Kimberly, Ladysmith and Mafeking being […]

BITE-SIZED HISTORY

BY TONY CANAVAN Sinn Féin’s success in the 1918 general election A research study carried out at Queen’s University, Belfast (QUB), has found that the 1918 electoral reforms in Britain […]

MUSEUM EYE: Garda Museum

Garda Museum Dublin Castle museum@garda.ie, +353 (0)1 6669998 By Tony Canavan The Garda Museum is located in refurbished vaults in the Treasury Building of the Dublin Castle complex. It houses […]

Col. James Fitzmaurice—Ireland’s greatest aviator

The Irishman who made the first successful east–west flight across the Atlantic in April 1928. By Teddy Fennelly The First World War hastened the advancement of aircraft technology. From its […]

‘Miss, you’ve forgotten to lock us in!’

Mary Size (1883–1959)—forgotten Irish pioneer of British penal reform. By Ruairí Ó hAodha Myra Hindley claimed that she was glad that it was dark when she was driven through the […]