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NLI to Digitize Pre-Republic History of Ireland

By Mary Gallagher, Editorial Assistant
April / May 2018

February 28, 2018 by </a> By Mary Gallagher, Editorial Assistant<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2018-archive/april-may-2018/">April / May 2018</a> 3 Comments

The National Library of Ireland rolled out plans in January for a new digital archive of modern Irish history. The archive, called Towards a Republic, will document the tumultuous series of events between 1918 and 1923, beginning with the Irish Republican Army’s brutal struggle for independence from Britain and ending with the Irish Civil War. It is one product of a €2 million … [Read more...] about NLI to Digitize Pre-Republic History of Ireland

October 22, 1906

The famous pianist Charles Lynch was born on this day in 1906. Born in Co. Cork to a well off family descended from novelist Maria Edgeworth (Castle Rackrent), Lynch gave his first piano recital at the young age of nine. At fifteen, he won a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music, London. He became famous through out England and premiered the works of several 20th century composers. His greatest achievement was when he played all of Liszt’s transcriptions of Beethoven’s symphonies.

NLI to Digitize Pre-Republic History of Ireland

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