Dermot Carmody On January 16th 1922 there was a brief and informal ceremony in Dublin Castle in which the castle was handed over (or surrendered, depending on what angle you look at it from) to the Provisional Government of Ireland […]
Read more →Gavan Bergin “Bud will always be remembered as one of the greats” (The Limerick Leader) On September 21st 1949, in front of a 50,000 crowd at Goodison Park, Liverpool, England played the Republic of Ireland at home for the first […]
Read more →David Carroll Dublin remembers her honourable seafaring past in her modern highways “To the men of the Mercantile Marine who faced all the perils of the ocean to bring us essential supplies the nation is profoundly grateful.” Taoiseach Éamon de […]
Read more →Paul Brannock “I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide. Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.” (John Masefield) Another New Year and another new day. Friday […]
Read more →Peter McNamara Plans by the US embassy to move into the former Jury’s Hotel site in Ballsbridge have been backed by local city councillors. The embassy, currently headed by deputy chief of mission, Alexandra McKnight, is located where Elgin Road […]
Read more →Dermot Carmody A visit to this year’s Little Museum Of Dublin exhibition Italia 90 And Jack Charlton (before the museum’s activities were curtailed by lockdown measures) reminded us not just of the sad departure in July of an English and […]
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In Dublin the first service of Nine Lessons and Carols was held in 1914 in North Strand Church. It was organised by Rev. David Wilson, who had been inspired by reading Bishop Benson on the subject. Wilson went on to be rector in Donnybrook for a number of years in 1917 before becoming Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral
Read more →Eoin Meegan Much has changed around Ballsbridge over the last century, as in many other parts of the capital. One big change is the disappearance forever of a one-time iconic building and industry, the Swastika Laundry. Operating for over 70 […]
Read more →Geneva Pattison Grisly stories of grave robbing have been shared and passed down for eons. These cautionary tales struck fear into the hearts of all who listened, through talk of curses, undead monsters and hauntings associated with the act of […]
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