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, […]
Read More →https://ancientclans.org/heritage-site/the-battle-of-benburb/ By John Gibney Given the ongoing behemoth that is the ‘decade of centenaries’, one could be forgiven for thinking that Ireland had no history beyond the second decade of […]
Read More →BY AODHÁN CREALEY NOVEMBER 05/1881 Robert Mallet (71), engineer and seismologist, died. Early in his career Mallet turned his father’s Dublin foundry into one of the biggest engineering companies on […]
Read More →National Gallery of Ireland until 8 January 2023 By Niamh MacNally This exhibition, dedicated to the Irish artist Estella Solomons (1882–1968), comprises eighteen artworks, with loans drawn from public and […]
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