Oliver O'Hanlon

Sunday, 24 March 2024

Magazine article - In Flanders Fields Museum (Friends Magazine)

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A magazine arrived in the post today. It came from Ieper in Belgium and was sent by the In Flanders Fields Museum. It's the magazine of ...
Friday, 22 March 2024

RTÉ Brainstorm article - French linguist Marie-Louise Sjoestedt in Ireland

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The French linguist and Celtic scholar Marie-Louise Sjoestedt (1900-1940) visited Ireland many times during the 1920s and 1930s. She studied...
Saturday, 16 March 2024

Monk Gibbon - an Irish Diary

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William Monk Gibbon (1896-1987) was a poet and writer who used experiences from his life in his writing. Aside from his autobiographical wri...
Monday, 26 February 2024

An Irish Diary on the Saga ship (shipwreck off Cork coast 1895)

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Almost 130 years ago, a Swedish merchant ship got into difficulty when sailing from Europe to South America. After losing its rudder in a st...
Monday, 22 January 2024

The boy mayor - An Irish Diary on James K. McGuire

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James Kennedy McGuire (1868-1923) was an American politician who was only in his 20s when elected Mayor of Syracuse, a city in New York Stat...
Wednesday, 27 December 2023

An Irish Diary on the Argenta prison ship

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The Argenta was a prison ship that was stationed in Belfast Lough around 100 years ago. It was used to hold men who were suspected members o...
Monday, 27 November 2023

An Irish Diary on Trams in Cork

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There is a plan in place to reintroduce trams to Cork city in Ireland. The one line is planned to run from Ballincollig in the west of the c...
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Oliver O'Hanlon
PhD. Interested in history, editorial cartoons, newspaper history and languages.
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