On 11 May 1745—275 years ago—Thomas Lally de Tollendal roused the Irish Brigade with ‘Cuimnidh ar Luimneach agus ar feall na Sasanach!’ (‘Remember Limerick and Saxon perfidy!’) prior to their […]
Read More →374 Falls Road, Belfast Irish Republican History Museum Conway Mill, Belfast By Michael Quigley One recent addition to the renovation of West Belfast is Áras Uí Chonghaile—officially opened in April […]
Read More →By Joe Culley @TheRealCulls ‘The murder of Ellen O’Sullivan in 1931 was a ghastly affair.’ That is, remarkably, the opening line of Capital punishment in independent Ireland: a social, legal […]
Read More →St Odrán, Gerald of Wales and Christian martyrdom in medieval Ireland. By Jesse Harrington In 1186 tensions were high between the English and Irish clergy at the Lent synod convened […]
Read More →Stop the Retention of Records Bill! By Sheila Ahern In the aftermath of the broadcast of the three-part television documentary States of fear in 1999 I naively thought that we […]
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