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...
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...
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Dr Ciarán Reilly is one of Ireland's leading researchers in the area of the Great Irish Famine and Ireland's historic houses and estates. A member of the International Network of Irish Famine Studies, In 2014 Dr Reilly published two monographs, The Irish Land Agent, 1830-1860: the case of King’s County and Strokestown and the Great Irish Famine. [caption id="attachment_1194" align="alignnone" width="106"] Dr Ciarán Reill...
Irish Newspaper Archives are proud to sponsor the Irish Famine Eviction Project. Dr Ciaran Reilly one of Ireland's leading researchers on the Great Famine and author of several books such as; Strokestown and the Great Irish Famine (Dublin, 2014) The Irish Land Agent, 1830-1860: the case of King's County (Dublin, 2014) John Plunket Joly anthe Great Famine in King's County (Dublin, 2012) The Famine Irish: emigration an...
Casement Execution 03.August.1916 Today we remember one of Ireland's great heros. On the 03 August 1916; Roger Casement was executed for his role in the 1916 Easter Rising. The last Rebel leader to be executed for the 1916 rebellion. From our archives I have selected the Evening Herald's front page. Read below for an extract from the Evening Herald 03 August 1916 and download the full page below: Evening Herald 03.Augus...
Independence Day Fourth of July The 4th of July is America's Independence day and on this day in 1776 the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence which declared that the thirteen American colonies regard themselves as a new nation, the United States of America and that they were no longer ruled by the British Empire. To mark this great day history we offering 50% OFF monthly and annual membership ...
Evening Herald Staff Caught Up In The Rising Read the below for an incredible story from the 1916 Easter Rising campaign. As the fight spread along the houses and buildings on Abbey Street four staff members from the Evening Herald are caught in the middle... Thrilling experience of "Herald" hands. Extract - Evening Herald April 26,27,28,29 May 1,2 & 3 UNDER FIRE / SCENES IN ABBEY STREET / Terrible Effects of Shel...
First Meeting of Dáil Éireann 1919 In the aftermath of the Easter Rising of 1916 Sinn Féin, the party founded by Arthur Griffith in 1905, was reorganised and grew into a nation-wide movement. Abstention from Westminster and the establishment of a separate and independent Irish parliament had long been part of Sinn Féin's policy. The party contested the 14 December 1918 general election, called following the dissolution of...
Munster Fusiliers Interned in Germany During August 1914 many of the brave Munster Fusiliers were captured, injured or worse at Mons. A committee of officers from the regiment and their wives was set up to try help alleviate some of the suffering the interned soldiers were going through. The request for contributions was made in the Irish Independent 04 February 1916 page 1, meaning that these poor soldiers were already i...