This event will centre on the new Atlas of the Irish Civil War, the latest volume in the award-winning Atlas Series. It presents fresh perspectives on, and a nuanced understanding of, the history of the Irish Civil War (1922–3). Featuring contributions from over ninety leading scholars from a range of disciplines, this book provides new...
The Irish Boundary Commission was set up to determine the boundary between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland. It met for the first time on 6 November 1924. Its chairman was Mr Justice Richard Feetham, a judge of the South African Supreme Court; he was assisted by two Commissioners, Eoin MacNeill, the Irish Free...
When Niall McCullough died in 2021, Ireland lost not just one of its pre-eminent architects but also one of the great historians of Dublin. His fascination and love of the city was exemplified in two of his books, Dublin: An Urban History and Dublin - Creation, Occupation, Destruction. This historical work shares the care, study...
Bronnadh an gradam don Chlár Faisnéise Ealaíon ab fhearr ar an gclár faisnéise seo ón Camel Productions san Fhéile Idirnáisiúnta Cheilteach Scannán agus Teilifíse in 2004, clár ina gcaithimid súil ar shaol Harry Clarke, an t-ealaíontóir agus maisitheoir gloine daite Éireannach, agus ar chuid de na conspóidí a bhain lena shaothar lena linn. Á thaispeáint...
Kate Summerscale London, 1953. Police discover the bodies of three young women hidden in a wall at 10 Rillington Place, a dingy terrace house in Notting Hill. On searching the building, they find another body beneath the floorboards, then an array of human bones in the garden. But they have already investigated a double...
The Irish Research Council (IRC) will showcase some of the most exciting research in Ireland today. IRC-supported researchers will share insights on their latest projects and join in conversation to outline an Interwar Ireland, of state-building and peace-making. It is anticipated that Dr Dolan will present her research on the phenomenon of restraint; exploring how...
In 1904, Roger Casement became internationally celebrated for unearthing the grotesque violence of the Belgian Congo. Soon after, he won even greater renown and a knighthood for his humanitarian work...
As former lead singer with Dublin punk band Chant! Chant! Chant! and founding member of Muted Cupid, Ireland's first LGBT theatre group, Eoin Freeney reflects on the post-punk era of...
Ireland was England's oldest colony. Making Empire revisits the history of empire in Ireland in a time of Brexit, 'the culture wars', and the campaigns around 'Black Lives Matter' and...
Paula Meehan is one of Ireland's best-known contemporary poets. In this discussion with historian Donal Fallon, she will read and discuss a number of recent works with historical themes, including...
In eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe everyone lived 'off the land' in one way or another. In Ireland, however, almost everyone lived 'on the land' as well. Agriculture was the...
Songs have told the story of Ireland and Irish history for centuries. In this special event, musicians and singers Mike Hanrahan and Eleanor Shanley, working with historian Liz Gillis will...
The last 50 years in Ireland present a very turbulent and troubled history. The country has seen terrible violence in Northern Ireland, the collapse of the economy and bailout of...
Since 1998 the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) series has been publishing archival documents on Ireland's foreign relations since 1919, to make them more accessible. Now, with the fourteenth...
Mary McAuliffe will lead discussion on this nascent and very vibrant area of study in the histories of Irish sexualities. She’ll be talking about Irish female revolutionaries and same-sex relationships....
Nótáil gur eachtra dhá pháirt é seo a bheidh 90 nóiméad in fhad. Gaeil agus Géibheann Eoghan Mac Cormaic Ina leabhar nua fhoilsithe Gaeil agus Géibheann tharraing Eoghan Mac Cormaic...
Clare Mulley tells the incredible story of Elzbieta Zawacka, the World War II female resistance fighter known as Agent Zo. She was the only woman to reach London from Warsaw...
Clodagh Finn and John Morgan are co-authors of The Irish in the Resistance, a new history which tells some of the untold stories of the ordinary heroes who resisted Hitler....
