Tuesday, 26 June 2018

An Irishman's Diary on Asnières-sur-Seine - an alternative day trip from Paris

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I spent a summer in Asnières-sur-Seine (a suburb on the north-west edge of Paris) about ten years ago. At the time, it was just a place to r...
Tuesday, 15 May 2018

An Irishman's Diary on the Cork Butter Exchange

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It would not be an exaggeration to say that the people of Cork in Ireland are extremely proud of their city and county. In fact, so proud ar...
Saturday, 5 May 2018

Call for papers - 'The Press and the vote', NUIG 9-10 November 2018.

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The 2018 annual conference of the Newspaper and Periodical History Forum of Ireland will take place in NUI, Galway on 9-10 November 2018. ...
Tuesday, 24 April 2018

Easter Rising 1916 in French photograpic newspaper 'Excelsior'

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The Easter Rising began in Dublin, Ireland on this day 24 April in 1916. At the time, France was engaged with her ally, Great Britain, in th...
Thursday, 5 April 2018

An Irishman's Diary on Amy Johnson, Queen of the Air

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Amy Johnson (1903-1941) was a remarkable individual who set many flying records and broke all the rules when it came to women and aviation. ...
Tuesday, 27 March 2018

2018 Franco-Irish Literary Festival

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Upper Yard, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland. I really enjoyed the 2018 Franco-Irish Literary Festival. I could not attend the whole fest...
Saturday, 17 March 2018

An Irishman's Diary on the Two Sisters ship and undelivered letters

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In March 1757, the Two Sisters ship was sailing from Bordeaux in south west France to Dublin in Ireland when she was stopped coming out of ...