Thursday, 24 June 2021

Book review - 'Art O'Brien and Irish Nationalism in London 1900-25'

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My review of Mary MacDiarmada's book,  Art O'Brien and Irish Nationalism in London 1900-25 , is now live and available on the websit...
Tuesday, 4 May 2021

Ireland's Own article - The Sullivan brothers

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I have just written a piece for Ireland's Own magazine on the Sullivan Brothers, whose tragic story would have profound implications fo...
Friday, 1 January 2021

Happy New Year!

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It's always interesting to look through the newspaper archives to see what was happening at different points in history. The 1st of Janu...
Wednesday, 30 December 2020

Charles Stewart Parnell's walking stick - a literary baton

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I have just written a piece about a plain walking stick that was once owned by Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891). In fact it was made by h...
Friday, 11 December 2020

The burning of Cork (11.12.1920) in six newspaper archives

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On 11 December 1920, five acres of property was destroyed in Cork City, Ireland. In a reprisal attack, members of the British Crown forces s...

Article on RTE's Brainstorm - Burning of Cork in the French press

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The Irish War of Independence, which lasted from January 1919 to July 1921, consumed gallons of newspaper ink in newspapers all around the w...
Monday, 23 November 2020

Bernard O'Dowd - Australia's first national poet

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Bernard O'Dowd (1866-1953) was known as Australia's first national poet. He was born in Beauford, Victoria to Ulster-born Catholic p...