THE CANON DWYER COLLECTION

By Rene Franklin Lynch The Canon Dwyer Collection of letters, written between 1884 and 1919, conveys a vivid account of a Clare family split by emigration, the changing role of […]

OLIVER J. FLANAGAN—POPULIST FIREBRAND IN 1940S IRELAND

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 […]

IRELAND AND EAST CENTRAL EUROPE: PARALLELS IN BORDER REVISION

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 […]

ST JOHN’S CHURCH, JOHN STREET, KILKENNY

By Damian Murphy The origins of St John’s Church date back to 1290, when, according to the Liber Primus Kilkenniensis, Mass was first celebrated at the altar of the new […]

A UNION SEVERED? LOYALISTS IN IRISH FREE STATE BORDER COUNTIES, 1922–7

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 […]