In 1886 Dublin’s Glass Bottle Makers went on strike to oppose a third successive pay-cut. To break the strike, the city’s bottle manufacturers brought over workers from Denmark and Sweden....
This talk will discuss the fascinating life of Patrick O’Connell, a Dubliner who enjoyed a successful career as a professional footballer in Belfast and England during the early twentieth century...
Join Alison Martin for this online talk on Countess Markievicz’s life and her propaganda cartoons in the lead up to and during the Irish civil war from the National Library’s...
Tracing its history to the foundation of the Irish Volunteers in 1913, the Irish Defence Forces has evolved beyond recognition from the force that emerged in tandem with the new...