Luke Kelly Passed Away 30th January 1984 Singer Luke Kelly of the Dubliners died last night. ( 30th January 1984) He was admitted to the Richmond Hospital on Saturday night. One of the original members of the Dubliners, Mr. Kelly (44) had two major operations following a brain tumour in 1980, but had apparently: made a quick recovery following the most recent operation. OVER the three decades since his death on...

W B Yeats - William Butler Yeats, (born June 13, 1865, Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland—died January 28, 1939, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France), Irish poet, dramatist, and prose writer, one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century. He received the Noble Prize for Literature in 1923. Download the newspapers from January 30th 1939 to read how one of Ireland's most celebrated Nobel prize winners was regarded. FRE...

This day 20 years ago the first divorce since the times of Brehon laws was granted in the High Court in Dublin yesterday, a month ahead of divorce legislation.  The High Court judge Mr Justice Barron made legal history when he granted the first divorce granted by the State since the 1995 referendum. Download the article from the Irish Examiner 17.01.1997 below. [caption id="attachment_1290" align="alignnone...

The Nation mourned the lose of  Mr Thomas Kent Whitaker last week. TK Whitaker (08.12.1916 – 09.01.2017) was the chief architect of Ireland’s economic path from protectionism to free trade. Through his long and esteemed career TK Whitaker dedicated his life to the civil service and promoted a better life for all the people of Ireland. It can be said that TK Whitaker was the most influential public servant in the hist...

The Nation mourned the lose of  Mr Thomas Kent Whitaker last week. TK Whitaker (08.12.1916 – 09.01.2017) was the chief architect of Ireland’s economic path from protectionism to free trade. Through his long and esteemed career TK Whitaker dedicated his life to the civil service and promoted a better life for all the people of Ireland. It can be said that TK Whitaker was the most influential public servant in the hist...

The Nation mourned the lose of  Mr Thomas Kent Whitaker last week. TK Whitaker (08.12.1916 – 09.01.2017) was the chief architect of Ireland’s economic path from protectionism to free trade. Through his long and esteemed career TK Whitaker dedicated his life to the civil service and promoted a better life for all the people of Ireland. It can be said that TK Whitaker was the most influential public servant in the hist...

Happy New Year and best of luck to all in 2017. Many of you reading this post are probably watching TV at the same time or even commuting while reading your Irish Newspaper Archives updates, so just imagine the excitement the country must have felt as on this day 31st December 1961 at 19:00 Radio Éireann's television went out to the Nation with its first broadcast.  With the New Year celebrations ahead the county wait...

Happy New Year and best of luck to all in 2017. Many of you reading this post are probably watching TV at the same time or even commuting while reading your Irish Newspaper Archives updates, so just imagine the excitement the country must have felt as on this day 31st December 1961 at 19:00 Radio Éireann's television went out to the Nation with its first broadcast.  With the New Year celebrations ahead the county wait...

Happy New Year and best of luck to all in 2017. Many of you reading this post are probably watching TV at the same time or even commuting while reading your Irish Newspaper Archives updates, so just imagine the excitement the country must have felt as on this day 31st December 1961 at 19:00 Radio Éireann's television went out to the Nation with its first broadcast.  With the New Year celebrations ahead the county wait...

All - Ireland Final 2016 After last weeks draw between Mayo and Dublin in the All Ireland final we will have to wait to see who owns the Sam Maguire Cup 2016! The match is due to be replaid on the 01.October.2016. This is the third time Mayo and Dublin have met in the All - Ireland final. The first meeting was the 1921 final which actually played on the 17th June 1923. The hero of that day was Mr. Joe Norris it is sai...