The weaponry of the IRB in the 1880s. BY ROBERT DELANEY In December 1881 a police raid on a property in Brabazon Street in Dublin uncovered a substantial cache of […]
Read More →A strong undercurrent of feeling against the medical establishment led to a steady refusal to go to hospital. BY GILLIAN ALLMOND In October 1830, alarming reports began to reach Belfast […]
Read More →BY DECLAN BARRON Ireland in the 1820s was divided on the question of religious liberty. In 1825 the Protestant establishment in Dublin formed the Royal York Club to conserve the […]
Read More →By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr The violence of the War of Independence was at first deeply unpopular with the broader Irish public, but attitudes changed gradually in the face of […]
Read More →The English saint has a surprisingly long history in Ireland. BY FRANCIS YOUNG Ireland’s patron saint, St Patrick, is today internationally synonymous with the country he represents—to a greater extent, […]
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