What happened when Éamon de Valera toured America during the start of the War of Independence

William Charles Waddell

What a coroner's casebook tells us about Famine deaths

During the Famine, the work of coroners could expose the failures of government. With their stories of death by starvation and exposure, the casebooks of …

Famine Ireland • 02 Feb

Ireland then and now: barbed wire at Dublin's City Hall

Ireland then and now: barbed wire at Dublin's City Hall

History • 08 Feb

Image of Doyle's corner then and now

Ireland then and now: British soldiers search a car

In the early 1920s, Ireland was a theatre of war. How have the locations changed since then?

History • 12 Jan

Caimin Gilmore, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Loah and Lisa Hannigan at Ireland 100: An Old Song Resung. Photo: Rich Gilligan

Ireland 100: An Old Song Resung: the story behind the show

On Monday October 30th, RTÉ and South Wind Blows concert commemorates 100 years of the Irish State with performances from Dermot Kennedy, Damien Dempsey, Tolü …

History • 02 Nov 23

Hibernia, as depicted in the 17th century.

Ireland, Empire, and the Early Modern World: watch the lectures

The 2021 James Ford lectures on 'Ireland, Empire and the Early Modern World' were delivered online by Professor Jane Ohlmeyer, Trinity College Dublin. Watch them …

History • 02 Nov 23

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