Social Capitalist

TC:    Could you tell us something about your background? MH:    I did my degree in history at the University of Bristol and got my first job as a research assistant […]

Total Historian

PF:    In the preface to The Land and the People of Nineteenth-Century Cork (1975), you refer to your father’s historical career. To what extent was he an influence? JSD:    My […]

The First Agricultural Broadcasts on 2RN

The Dublin Broadcasting Station (2RN) began operating in January 1926. The Cork Broadcasting Station 2CK started up the following year. Both were operated by the Department of Posts and Telegraphs. […]

Liam or Jason?

One might be forgiven for believing that Dupont is the most common name in France, just as Smith is in England or Murphy is in Ireland. About twenty years ago, […]

Leaving the “dreadful rocks”

The ‘island of dreams’ notion hardly applies to the small islands off the north and west coasts of Ireland.  These have always been what Americans would call ‘hardscrabble’ places. Island […]