A hundred years ago, The Lock-Out caused great turmoil in Dublin. It marked the beginnings of an organized labor movement in Ireland, and had a huge influence on the emerging Irish state. It’s a time for reflection in Ireland. A time to look at events that formed the foundation of our republic 100 years ago, and how the impact of those events continues to reverberate today. I … [Read more...] about Reflecting on the Lock-Out
Reflecting on the Lock-Out
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Open Call for Letters:New 1916 Project Is Crowd-Sourcing for History
By Adam Farley, Editorial Assistant
September 27, 2013
September 27, 2013
Students at Trinity College Dublin’s M.Phil. in Digital Humanities and Culture want your Irish letters, as long as they were written between November 1, 1915 and October 31, 1916. In Ireland’s first crowd-sourced letters project, researchers at TCD are aiming to shed light on what the average citizenry was up to in the six months before and after the 1916 Easter Rising. The … [Read more...] about Open Call for Letters:New 1916 Project Is Crowd-Sourcing for History
Valentia Island’s Buried Treasure
By Colin Lacey, Contributor
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Buried treasure on a remote Irish island, the descendants of a 13th-century Knight and a 19th century American entrepreneur – and the birth of the modern communications industry. It’s not the plot of some barely-believable potboiler, but the real-life back story behind a bid to have the small island of Valentia – off the coast of south west Ireland – recognized formally as one … [Read more...] about Valentia Island’s Buried Treasure
Saratoga’s Irish Visionary: John Morrissey
By Liz O'Connell, Contributor
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As Saratoga Springs celebrates 150 years of thoroughbred racing, Liz O’Connell tells the tale of John Morrissey, an Irish immigrant who organized, operated and had the vision to develop what is now one of the world’s greatest racecourses. A scant month after the Confederate Army was pushed back at Gettysburg, the “swells” holidaying in Saratoga Springs, New York, flocked to … [Read more...] about Saratoga’s Irish Visionary: John Morrissey
A Jazz Age Love Story
By Michael Burke, Contributor
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Irving Berlin and Ellin Mackay put aside their differences in culture, background, and age to form one of the best-known, enduring and loving relationships in New York social history. At the same time, the stories of the Berlin and Mackay families, which both started with brave immigrants taking a chance in America, are not so different as they first appear. ℘℘℘ Their whirlwind … [Read more...] about A Jazz Age Love Story