By Gavan Bergin Bill McCracken was born in the Falls Road area of Belfast in 1883. As a boy, Bill was very good at football, and by the time he left secondary school he had gained a reputation as one […]
Read more →By Kathrin Kobus Everybody knows that a clear-out of old things is a good idea. You might sit down, take out items that have been hidden away for years or decades. Suddenly childhood is back like yesterday. You need the […]
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By Eoin Meegan What was Christmas like in Dublin one hundred years ago? It was certainly a very different place than it is today. The end of 1918 would have been a time of mixed feelings. Relief that the […]
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Last week the Ballsbridge, Donnybrook and Sandymount Historical Society held their AGM in the Hive in Herbert park. Chairperson of the society John Holohan got proceedings off to a start and relayed news of the future plans for Herbert Park, […]
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By David Prendeville Oscar-winning Irish writer and director Neil Jordan has donated his archive to the National Library of Ireland. The archive includes film and TV scripts, production files, storyboards, plays, notebooks and personal correspondence. Jordan, a graduate of UCD, […]
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By Gavan Bergin Alexander Stevenson was born in Dublin in 1912 and grew up in the East Wall area. He was a brilliant footballer as a boy and by the time he was eighteen years old he had become an […]
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By Kathrin Kobus Step and curtsy, lift and curtsy, on your toes, prepare, prepare and skip.” These are just some of the instructions Sharon Kinsella calls out on a Thursday afternoon to the group of girls from the 11th Company […]
Read more →By Jennifer Reddin On Saturday the 30th of September, 2017, hundreds of people gathered at Custom House Quay, beside the Sean O’Casey Bridge, to commemorate the loss of the SS Hare and the SS Adela, two ships that have a […]
Read more →Dublin City Library and Archive launched their exhibition on December 1st to legendary footballer and manager Patrick O’Connell, with the official launch by Ardmhéara Mícheál Mac Donncha. Patrick was born in Drumcondra, Dublin in 1887. He started his professional career […]
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One of Ringsend’s most endearing residents, Michael (Micko) O’Neill, passed away on October 29th. Micko was well-known to everyone in the area and loved by most who met him, that is apart from sporting rivals, I’m sure. Born in 1921, […]
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