Lord Edward Fitzgerald

In 1810, the radical journalist Watty Cox accompanied a lead article in his Irish Magazine on Lord Edward Fitzgerald with a crude yet dramatic woodcut of the famous arrest of […]

Ireland & the European Reformation

The Protestant Reformation is one of the great events of European history, and assessing its causes, nature, meaning and consequences is a habitual challenge. Yet in Ireland, as in other […]

In Our Own Image

Just over a decade later, in 1917, the first issue of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce Year Book listed a total of 337 classes of goods manufactured in the city, […]

Carnegie Libraries in Ireland

Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) emigrated with his parents from Scotland to America in 1848. He became exceptionally successful in the steel business eventually gaining a near monopoly of steel production in […]

John Sweetman (1752-1826)

Sir,—I am currently researching John Sweetman (1752-1826), UnitedIrishman, brewer and art collector. I am particularly interested in hisactivities as an art collector and would be most grateful to receiveany information […]