This one-day conference, organised by the Irish in Europe 1600-1800Project at NUI Maynooth on Saturday 11 December 1999, is intended as ashowcase for ongoing research by new and established historians […]
Read More →Great Britain and Ireland have long been the homes of multicultural societies, in the early modern period no less than in the present day. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries […]
Read More →Friday 8 October saw the culmination of a lengthy campaign for official recognition of the World War II hero, Leading Seaman James J. Magennis VC, in his native city. Lord […]
Read More →Oliver Cromwell spent only nine months in Ireland but few men’s footprints have been so deeply imprinted upon Irish history and historiography. This theme was explored by a number of […]
Read More →On 19 May 1999 Seamus Hosey (RTÉ) unveiled a monument, designed and sculpted by Anna Bland, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the battle of the Pass of the Plumes […]
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