November 24th, 1913

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Jim Larkin toured Britain unsuccessfully during the 1913 lockout seeking sympathetic strikes and addressing…


September 13th, 1915

FROM THE ARCHIVES: A year after the start of the first World War there were daily British army recruiting meetings around the…



August 17th, 1914

FROM THE ARCHIVES: John Redmond, the leader of the Irish Party, addressed a 2,000 strong assembly of Irish Volunteers, some …


August 15th, 1914

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…


July 25th, 1916

FROM THE ARCHIVES: With the promise of a loan from the British Government, Dublin city council began discussing the rebuilding…


June 16th, 1913

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Trinity Week ended on a high note in 1930 with the university regatta on the River Liffey at Islandbridge…


April 11th, 1918

FROM THE ARCHIVES: The initial success of the German offensive in spring 1918 panicked the British government into announcing…



March 25th, 1916

FROM THE ARCHIVES: In March 1916 – coincidentally, a month before the Easter Rising – The Irish Times published “a flight of…


March 21st, 1917

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Less than a year after the Easter Rising the change of heart about the rebellion amongst members of the Irish…


March 23rd, 1912

FROM THE ARCHIVES: The many facets of George Russell, aka AE, poet, painter, mystic, and editor of the Irish Homestead, the …


February 19th, 1912

FROM THE ARCHIVES: In his Lenten pastoral letter in 1912 the Catholic bishop of Limerick, Edward Thomas O’Dwyer, was concerned…
























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