By Séan Ó Duibhir On 6 May 1970, Irish citizens were shocked to learn that Taoiseach Jack Lynch had dismissed two of his most energetic and powerful cabinet colleagues, Minister […]
Read More →The Leinster Regiment, their depot and how they were commemorated in Birr, Co. Offaly. By Stephen Callaghan Birr, Co. Offaly, is the spiritual home of the Leinster Regiment. The regiment […]
Read More →By Myles Mac Evilly That a landing of National Army troops at Westport was a possibility was considered by Tommie Heavey, formerly of the West Mayo Brigade but now in […]
Read More →By Fiona Fitzsimons After 1536 the Church of Ireland, as the established church, was responsible for burying all the dead of the community. Most parishes kept only a record of […]
Read More →By Nicholas Rossiter In 1902 people learned about the outside world through newspapers and periodicals. Lighting in the home, outside large urban areas, was by candle, oil-lamp or gas mantle. […]
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