The Dublin Port Company photographic archive. By Aidan Crawley Recent years have witnessed an explosion in public interest in old or historical photographs, as evidenced by the number of social […]
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Read More →Hugh Mahon, the Irishman expelled from the Australian parliament. By Jeff Kildea As we progress through the ‘decade of centenaries’, many are likely to be suffering from centenary fatigue. No […]
Read More →The British government’s commitment to Irish unity turned out to be illusory. By Cormac Moore The Government of Ireland Act 1920, which led to the partition of Ireland, had its […]
Read More →In this the centenary year of the Kilmichael ambush it is perhaps timely to reflect on Peter Hart’s reinterpretation and how he arrived at his conclusions. By John Regan Twenty-two […]
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