By Michael Loughman In July 1943 Oliver J. Flanagan, a newly elected TD for Laois–Offaly, declared before the Dáil: ‘There is one thing that Germany did, and that was to […]
Read More →By Erik Stewart Living in an age when aggressive territorial land-grabs have once again become topical issues of the day forces one to reflect on the last time events of […]
Read More →By Jack Hepworth Founded a century ago, the Irish Free State was established as a dominion of the British Commonwealth under the Crown. For the predominantly unionist Protestant minority in […]
Read More →By Fiona Fitzsimons In 1831 the Board of Public Works was established by a parliamentary act. It assumed the powers of several pre-existing bodies, combining them into one. The Board […]
Read More →By Billy Shortall The 1933–4 Chicago World’s Fair, also known as the Century of Progress Exposition, celebrated the development of Chicago into a modern city. The recently elected Fianna Fáil-led […]
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