Louie Rickard—the inspiration behind ‘The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue-du-Bois’?

By John Hayes During the centennial commemorations of the First World War, the illustration entitled ‘The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue-du-Bois’ by the war artist Fortunino Matania […]

Ordnance Survey employment records

By Fiona Fitzsimons   Evidence in family history consists of any source—a document, photo or artefact—with a name (or names), date, place-name or story attached to it. Even the dullest administrative […]

All the King’s Men

The late nineteenth-century Orange revival in King’s County (Offaly). By Quincey Dougan In what was named King’s County by Queen Mary during a phase of plantation in 1556, there were […]

Disestablishment—in the nick of time

On the 150th anniversary of the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland in 1869. By Kenneth Milne ‘The Church of Ireland’, the name by which the Irish province of the […]

‘To perfect a map of the whole realm’

Robert Lythe’s maps of Ireland 450 years ago.   By Arnold Horner When Robert Lythe arrived at Carrickfergus in late September 1567 he almost certainly did not appreciate that he […]