The course aims to engage students with both the political process and the world around us
“Kate Middleton = Future Queen, Meghan Markle = Drama Queen. Enough said”
Step back in time to explore the immersive digital recreation of the Public Record Office and its collections 70 archives worldwide have contributed tens of thousands of replacement records to recreate the archive destroyed in 1922 Four Courts fire Pioneering research tool allows for deeper exploration of seven centuries of Irish history An enduring all-island […]
Peter O’Neill was born in Coona, Cork, a descendant of the O’Neil clan of Co. Tyrone. He attended a hedge school in Inch, studied classics at Kilworth, and then began ecclesiastical studies at the Irish College in Paris, eventually teaching Celtic language and literature there. An exceedingly popular curate, he was appointed Parish Priest of […]
Ann McElhinney and Pheilim McAleer
Sometimes historical anniversaries throw up interesting items. Examples of irony perhaps, or maybe indications as to how much things have altered over the course of time. On Friday evening, Sinn Féin was the main political party which took part in what was effectively a picket of a Catholic Church in Ballyfermot. They and others may […]
This tome is a sobering account of religious persecution across the globe in recent decades
“The Old Ireland might not have been all bad after all”
This is a book which will give reassurance to believers amidst these difficult times and will partially open the mind of sceptics
Can money make a difference?
The Library of Trinity College Dublin makes a 13th century masterpiece globally accessible
June 21, 1798 was the day on which the Irish insurgents were defeated at the Battle of Vinegar Hill. The British forces numbering up to 18,000 under the command of General Lake had been engaged in a sweep through Wexford that had forced the rebel army to muster its forces, to the number of up […]