“An eye on the Survey”

In 1824, the British government decided to initiate a comprehensive series of six-inch maps of Ireland, the first of its kind. The project was entrusted to the British Board of […]

The Dublin 1913 Lockout

  At 9.40 am on Tuesday 26 August 1913 Dublin tram car men (drivers) and conductors pinned the Red Hand badge of the Irish Transport and General Workers‚ Union to […]

The Fate of an Infamous Informer

When the body of James Power wasbrought ashore at Port Elizabeth in the Cape Colony on 30 July 1883 thetown became the focus of world attention as never before or […]

Saol & Saothar Charlotte Brooke

Cé hí Charlotte Brooke? Bhí an-chlú uirthi agus í beo, agus fiú céad bliain ina dhiaidh sin. Ach tá dearmad déanta uirthi anois taobh amuigh de na hollscoileanna. Bhí páirt […]

Maigh Eo na Sacsan

Maigh Eo na Sacsan (Mayo of the English) bears witness to the earliest contacts between Ireland and England, to an era when cultural contacts between the two countries were characterised […]