She was Police Ombudsman from 1999 to 2007.
Finnian’s gift for teaching and his absolute dedication to the ascetic ideal.
Over five acres of the city were destroyed and an estimated £3 million (1920 worth) of damage was done
Centenary
It shows a large number of women defending a family from being evicted from their home for failure to pay rent.
Known as the fastest field game in the world, a sliotar can top 93mph from a good strike.
ON THIS DAY: 3RD DECEMBER 1974: Maguire Seven charged with possessing materials for bomb making 40-year-old Irish born Anne Maguire, from North London, was convicted of possessing nitro-glycerine, which was then allegedly passed on for use to the IRA. Her husband, Patrick Maguire, 42 was also sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. Her two younger sons, […]
Desperate Mayo, Sligo families
Life through lens of the everyday
The Book of Kells contains lavishly decorated copy, in Latin, of the four gospels.
A photograph of the two brothers in their coffins, their bodies mutilated and burned, was taken by Tomás Ó hEighin, a local Irish teacher.
His surviving verses date from the period 565 and 604, and are among the earliest examples of Irish writing in the Latin alphabet.