ST JOHN’S CHURCH, JOHN STREET, KILKENNY

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ON THIS DAY

BY AODHÁN CREALEY JANUARY 28/1547 King Henry VIII (55) died. Popularly remembered for his six marriages and his despotism (it’s estimated that he judicially murdered some 1,500 of his subjects, […]

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ERSKINE CHILDERS EXECUTED

By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr On 27 September 1922, Dáil Éireann passed emergency legislation that allowed for the execution of those captured bearing arms against the Free State. The legislation […]

SISTERS: NINE FAMILIES OF SISTERS WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE

SIOBHÁN FITZPATRICK and MARY O’DOWD (eds) Royal Irish Academy €25 ISBN 9781911479833 Reviewed by Mary Kenny Mary Kenny is the author of The way we were: Catholic Ireland since 1922 […]