The Plough And The Stars Returns To The Abbey
the Plough And The Stars “The only censorship that is justified is the free censorship of popular opinion. The Ireland that remembers with tear-dimmed eyes all that Easter Week stands for, will not,...
View ArticleHow they saw the Rising: The words of British Soldiers, Anarchists,...
“What was this Republic of which I now heard for the first time? Who were the leaders the British had executed after taking them prisoners, Tom Clarke, Padraic Pearse, James Connolly and all the...
View ArticleA hidden historical gem: The British Army and Irish Volunteers graves at Dr....
The Hospital today... ...and as it would have looked at the time. Images of graves below. Seven men, two members of the Irish Volunteers and five British Army soldiers, are buried side by side in what...
View ArticleThe Great Escape – Nurse Linda Kearns
Shortly after escaping. Mae Burke, Eithne Coyle and Linda Kearns, Carlow 1921. Notice that they are standing on the Union Jack flag. It’s been a good week for me as far as documentaries go. Along with...
View ArticleGarda History Museum- Dublin Castle
Garda Museum and Archives Opening Hours:9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday Dublin Castle Record Tower. Michael Staines (right) and Eoin O' Duffy. Two first Garda Commissioners. The Garda History Museum is...
View ArticleAnother unusual Dublin plaque, Captain Thomas Weafer.
On my recent walking tour of radical Dublin, one of the places I brought people was to the site of the Irish Farm Produce Company restaurant and shop on Henry Street. It was there that the 1916...
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