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. […]
Read More →By Martin Greene In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the leader of the group of vampire-hunters, Van Helsing, is qualified to play this role because he can call on the expertise of […]
Read More →By Ian Miller In 1872, an alarmed lady wrote to the Freeman’s Journal to report that: ‘Taking shelter in a cottage, near Banbridge, County Down, some time ago, during a […]
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