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 […]
Read More →By Hugh Stephenson ‘Did he blaze?’ The question, reported by Jonah Barrington to establish the character of a young man, reflected the rage for duelling in Ireland in the late […]
Read More →By Daire Brunicardi The naval dockyard that the government of the Irish Free State took over in 1923 was an extensive site of docks, workshops, stores, accommodation, residences, oil storage […]
Read More →By Thomas P. Power Predictions about the end of the world became common in the wake of the French Revolution. In Ireland such predictions took different forms. Highly influential was […]
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