KINDRED LINES: Evidence in folklore for Irish family history

By Fiona Fitzsimons The evidence we use in family history is not limited to archival records. We also use the evidence in our genes; the material culture around us (artefacts, […]

Emperor, Queen and Cardinal: a forgotten chapter in the story of Irish linen

By Deborah White It was an anxious wait for Mr Duigenan, Keeper of Irish Antiquities at the National Museum of Ireland. After protracted negotiation the star artefact of his upcoming […]

Cultivating a return: tillage farming, food security and the lessons of the early twentieth century

By Mícheál Ó Fathartaigh Over the past few months, the Irish minister for agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, has suggested on several occasions that Irish farmers could and should be growing more […]

THE LIMERICK SOVIET 1919

By John Lonergan A soviet is an elected workers committee functioning as a political and military organisation. The Limerick Soviet was the first and only self-declared soviet in Ireland or […]

The many parts of Daisy Bannard Cogley

By Elaine Sisson and Brian Trench When Eamon de Valera was released from prison in July 1924, among the select few invited to a welcome party at a private house […]