(Archive 1978) Joe Breen on Van Morrison's new release Wavelength
From the Archive: Joe Breen reappraises Van Morrison and reviews new release Wavelength, October 23rd, 1978
From the Archive: Joe Breen reappraises Van Morrison and reviews new release Wavelength, October 23rd, 1978
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Jim Larkin toured Britain unsuccessfully during the 1913 lockout seeking sympathetic strikes and addressing…
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: John Redmond, the leader of the Irish Party, addressed a 2,000 strong assembly of Irish Volunteers, some …
The start of what turned out to be the first World War in August 1914 led to some panic buying of food in Dublin and accusations…
FROM THE ARCHIVES: With the promise of a loan from the British Government, Dublin city council began discussing the rebuilding…
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: In March 1916 – coincidentally, a month before the Easter Rising – The Irish Times published “a flight of…
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Less than a year after the Easter Rising the change of heart about the rebellion amongst members of the Irish…
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The many facets of George Russell, aka AE, poet, painter, mystic, and editor of the Irish Homestead, the …
FROM THE ARCHIVES: In 1918, the last year of the first World War and the year before the War of Independence began, conscription…
FROM THE ARCHIVES: In his Lenten pastoral letter in 1912 the Catholic bishop of Limerick, Edward Thomas O’Dwyer, was concerned…
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Industrial schools were violent places, although the staff were rarely the victims
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: At the beginning of December 1914, the British authorities in Ireland banned a number of publications including…
The role of English trade unions in the 1913 Lockout, culminating in the attempt to bring starving Irish children to England, …
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A month before the end of the first World War, the mid-morning mail boat from Dún Laoghaire to Holyhead, …
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A year after the start of the first World War there was a continuous recruiting drive to entice volunteers…
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Thomas Ashe, one of the leaders of the Easter Rising, died while being force-fed on hunger strike in September…
The success of nationalist politicians, especially the East Mayo MP John Dillon, in preventing the British government from introducing…
Having survived the efforts of English suffragettes to burn it down the previous evening, Dublin’s Theatre Royal was the venue…
British prime minister Herbert Asquith visited Dublin in July 1912 for public meetings with Irish nationalists to sell their …
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The prospects for the tourist season in Connemara in 1913 did not look good, thanks in part to well-meaning…
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: The first Christmas of the first World War is remembered mainly for the outbreak of peace and a football …
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