By Aaron Callan Revd James Godfrey MacManaway—or ‘JG’, as he was often known—was born in 1898, the son of the Rt Revd Dr James MacManaway, bishop of Clogher. He was […]

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By Lasara Lynch Fionán Lynch was born on 17 March 1889 in Waterville, Co. Kerry. Irish was his first language and he attended Rockwell College and Blackrock College. He planned […]

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By Siobhán Doyle This hurl was used in the All-Ireland hurling final of 1890, which was the third championship final in GAA history. It is not known which player on […]

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The fate of Sir John Lavery’s ‘Irish history paintings’ exhibited at the Irish Race Congress in Paris in January 1922. By Billy Shortall On 28 January 1922, just two weeks […]

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by Myles Mac Evilly During the First World War 23 airfields and airship stations were developed on the island of Ireland, one of which was in Castlebar, Co. Mayo. By […]

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