Blog Articles
Blog Articles
A massacre averted
Sometimes it can be advisable to ignore the orders of one's superiors if one wishes to avoid a pointless massacre.
Blog Articles
She wore short shorts
Ireland was backward way back then, or so the story goes, but a capital city is always a capital city and who knows what you might get away with?
Blog Articles
Dublin Gossip
Dublin's Stoneybatter was a happening place well before the hipsters started moving in five years ago. The alleged doings of Doyle the publican and the delectable Miss Devine were trending back in the 1830s.
Blog Articles
Homes for the Blind and Deaf
There was perfect cleanliness and order in all parts of the establishment, and a large allowance of fresh air. We took leave of the kind and courteous Brother and left the Home for Deaf-mutes, heartily wishing that the blind boys could enjoy the privilege of being under the care of the excellent and intelligent Christian Brothers.
Blog Articles
The City in Song and Verse
The new One City One Book choice, in succession to 2013's Strumpet City, is to be launched early next month.
Blog Articles
The Trouble With Concessions
When nineteenth century Ireland received the benefits of British political reform the effect was the opposite of what it had been in England. Far from it being a case of being bought off, bringing the Catholic middle classes into the tent in Ireland actually resulted in greater pressure.
Blog Articles
A Sabbath Stroll
A stroll down Thomas Street on a Sunday morning after divine service afforded the pious the pleasure of seeing the Dublin poor in thrall to ardent spirits and women, in their hoarse, degraded voices, singing to the praise of whiskey.
Blog Articles
Parnell, Redmond, Joyce and Griffith
James Joyce, an admirer of Arthur Griffith, thought the Irish Parliamentary Party was bankrupt. The Irish had destroyed Parnell, and now their main political party were mere tools of John Bull.
Blog Articles
Standing Up for the City
In 1843 an elderly member of Dublin Corporation reminded his colleagues of the mercantile wealth that the city enjoyed in the decades before the Act of Union.
Blog Articles
Industry out, tenements in
Tom Kelly, a Dublin alderman, in 1909 lamented the huge change that had come over Dublin's Liberties since the passing of the Act of Union.
Blog Articles
German tourist saves boy from certain death
Gallant visitor also commends 'serenely beautiful' scenery and grace and generosity of natives
Blog Articles
Where did the Protestants go?
There are many theories about the gradual decline of the Protestant community in Ireland. Some of them draw on clear evidence.
Categories
Art & ArchitectureBiographyBlog ArticlesCinemaCommentDublinDublin storiesExhibitionsFictionHistoryIdeasIreland 1912 - 1922Irish Art / CultureIrish Culture, Philosophy & ScienceIrish HistoryIrish History & PoliticsIrish LiteratureIssue 103, September 2018Issue 108, February 2019Issue 133, May 2021Issue 144, May 2022Issue 49, February 10th, 2014IssuesLiterary EventsLiterary LifeLiteratureNew BooksPoetryPoliticsReviewsSciencesSocietyThe BookThe CriticsTheatreWorld Culture, Philosophy & ScienceWorld History & PoliticsWorld LiteratureWorld PoliticsWriters And Artists