On 29th June 2024 Dublin City Council hosted a ‘Picnic in the Park’ to mark the unveiling of a plaque to commemorate the Patriotic Children’s Treat, which took place in Clonturk Park on 1st July 1900. Present at the unveiling were such distinguished guests as Deputy Lord Mayor Donna Cooney and Mary McAulliffe
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The Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), located in UCD’s Newman House, south of St Stephen’s Green, opened a new exhibition this past June. City of Words showcases the rich collection of the Dublin Writers Museum, which sadly closed down during the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2020. The collection consists
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At the start of the 1936/37 season, Bill Fallon played superbly for Notts County. In their first game of the season against Exeter City, his determination and hard shooting from the left wing helped County to a 3-1 win. Soon after that, he scored the winning goal in the 2-1 victory against Crystal Palace.
Read more →In January 1936 Bill Fallon was playing for Notts County FC, and all through that month he played probably the best football of his career so far. Then came February and he hit a run of form like never before. It started on February 8th 1936, when he scored in Notts County’s game at Reading. His goal in that game came
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In February 1934, Bill Fallon moved from Dolphin FC to Notts County. In his two seasons with Dolphin Bill had scored 26 goals, and that great scoring record got him his first notices in the newspapers of his new hometown. The Nottingham Evening Mail hailed him as “Fallon, County’s new sharpshooter”. That was some headline
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Ahh February 14th – the most rosemantic day of the year, but what’s the story behind it all? The true history of Saint Valentine is unclear but according to a few sources, long ago in 270 A.D. from February 13th-15th, a feast known as Lupercalia, which was an ancient pagan festival
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The Watersedge Drama Group who get together every week in the Ringsend Community Centre from Tuesday to Thursday are at present focusing on putting together a play based on actual events and written by their very own
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Bill Fallon was born on January 14th 1912 in Larne, Co Antrim. When he was young he moved to Dublin, and that was where he started playing football. By the time he was nineteen he was one of the best players in Ireland. Bill made his name as a goalscorer in junior football.
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As a wise man in mutton chops once sang, it’s Chriiiiiistmaaaaasss! But surely you knew that already, what with the abundance of tinsel and fairy lights decorating Dublin city streets and shops since late October. Snowmen and gingerbread men – miniature, inflatable, edible
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2023 holds immense significance for the Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO), the organisation responsible for examining and certifying all cinema films and videos/DVDs distributed in Ireland, as it commemorates the centennial of the Censorship of Films Act’s signing in 1923.
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