Thursday, 30 December 2021

Happy New Year - French newspaper cartoons from 1921/1922

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Below are some examples of newspaper cartoons from French newspapers from 100 years ago. The end of one year and the beginning of another wa...
Monday, 25 October 2021

An Irishman's Diary on a British spy in Ireland

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In September 1920, a British spy was trying to make his way into the upper echelons of the Irish republican movement, but he was detected an...
Friday, 1 October 2021

François Mitterrand's 1988 visits to Ireland

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After the  French President's  recent Irish visit, I thought it would be interesting to look at previous visits. François Mitterrand (19...
Wednesday, 29 September 2021

Ireland 100 years ago as seen through the French press

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Ireland was a very tense place 100 years ago. Though the Truce in the War of Independence was holding, there were ongoing sectarian clashes ...
Monday, 23 August 2021

An Irishman's Diary on Lola Ridge

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The Dublin-born poet, Lola Ridge (1873-1941), is remembered for her powerful poetry that spoke up for the marginalised of the industrial age...
Tuesday, 17 August 2021

Emily de Burgh Daly - Ireland's Own article

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Emily de Burgh Daly (née French) (1859-1935) led a very interesting life. I have just written a short article about her for the Ireland'...
Tuesday, 10 August 2021

Free to view newspapers (archives)

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Get access to 1 million pages of historical newspapers for FREE. For over a decade,  The British Newspaper Archive  (BNA) has been working w...