The Colossus of Clonegal

TG:    Tell us about your family background? KW:    I come from the parish of Clonegal which straddles the counties of Wicklow, Carlow and Wexford; by a lucky accident, I was […]

The Casement ‘Black Diaries’ Debate: the story so far

Following the publication, in October 1997, of two versions of diary material relating to Roger Casement’s activities in the Amazon in 1910, there resurfaced one of the longest running controversies […]

A Public Voice of History

AB:    What early influences contributed to your interest in history? JAM:    Growing up in a strongly nationalist household in the 1930s, my first introduction to history was history as nationalism. […]

“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 […]