It seems Dr. Ebun Joseph is not finished with us yet. On November 9, she will be one of the speakers at an event hosted by Carlow IT and funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, which itself gets a chunk of the education budget. The theme […]
Born in 1550, Aodh Mór Ó Néill (Hugh O’Neill) came from a line of the and the successors to the Chief’s of the O’Neills. He was the second son of Feardorcha Ó Néill and grandson of Conn O’Neill, the first Earl of Tyrne. At the age of nine he became a ward of Giles Hovenden, […]
At a time when some appear intent on creating a mythological past for the Irish people, physical remembrances of our history have come under threat. Moore Street, site of the last armed confrontation of the 1916 Rising was once a vibrant street in the heart of the city where a large proportion of Dubs did their […]
Ó Néill (1585 – 6 November 1649) was a Gaelic Irish soldier and one of the most famous of the O’Neill dynasty of Ulster in Ireland. O’Neill left Ireland at a young age and began the formal continental military career serving in the Spanish army. He was a brilliant military strategist and tactician. With the […]