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John Creedon: Italian, French and Spanish place names were brought to Ireland as the Dublin middle classes returned from travelling, hence Sorrento Road and Vico Road in Dalkey. Photograph: Don Macmonagle

John Creedon: The outsiders who left their names in Ireland

John Creedon
October 31, 2020

The influence of foreigners is still seen across Ireland’s place names today

The Cork funeral for the city’s mayor Terence MacSwiney in 1920. Photograph: Sean Sexton/Getty Images

The three funerals of Terence MacSwiney

Dr Maggie Scull
October 24, 2020

The events, each with thousands of mourners, were key moments in the battle for independence

Hilary Mantel calls for skeleton of Irish ‘giant’ to be repatriated

Sorcha Pollak
October 15, 2020

Bones of 18th-century Charles Byrne stored at the Royal College of Surgeons in London

Sean Treacy’s body is moved, as caught by a Pathe film crew in Dublin

Shot dead in Dublin 100 years ago: the man who started the War of Independence

Ronan McGreevy
October 14, 2020

Sean Treacy, one of the most-wanted men in Ireland, was shot on Talbot Street in Dublin

North Great George’s Street. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien

Co-living development ‘will destroy’ North Great George’s Street

Olivia Kelly
October 10, 2020

Expanded shared accommodation plans for Georgian street decried by heritage groups

The major restoration of the Old Library in Trinity College will involve the conservation and protection of the 18th-century building and its historic collections, as well as the development of new research collections, a study centre and an immersive exhibition for visitors. Photograph: Paul Sharp/Sharppix

3:36 Approval for redevelopment and restoration of Old Library in Trinity College

Olivia Kelly
October 7, 2020

Conservation of Long Room, home to Book of Kells, and new construction planned

Designed ‘To Settle Once and for All This Age-long Difference’: The Home Rule Bill — the Second Reading”, taken from the April 10th, 1920, edition of the Illustrated London News. Image: The Illustrated London News Historical Archive

A century on: how partition divided Ireland and why it still matters

Cormac Moore
October 2, 2020

We are still living with the consequences of the Government of Ireland Act (1920)

The O’Rahilly home was demolished. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Indecisiveness led to home of The O’Rahilly being demolished

Olivia Kelly
October 1, 2020

Motion to protect 1916 leader’s house proposed more than one year ago

Dr Siobhán Doyle, TU Dublin lecturer and GAA Museum tour guide, at the launch of the GAA Museum’s Bloody Sunday centenary events series. Photograph: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

The GAA must ensure Bloody Sunday is remembered appropriately

Siobhán Doyle
September 16, 2020

The association’s commemorative plans could transform our understanding of the 1920 event

The Book of Kells and its display case in the newly-refurbished treasury in the Old Library in Trinity College Dublin. Photograph Nick Bradshaw

1:24 New Book of Kells set-up allows display of some pages for first time in decades

Ronan McGreevy
September 14, 2020

New case and plinth designed to highlight the beauty of Ireland’s best-known treasure

Proinsias Ó Rathaille, grandson of The O’Rahilly, outside the vandalised house of The O’Rahilly on Herbert Park, Ballsbridge. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

O’Rahilly house demolition supported by council

Olivia Kelly
August 24, 2020

Dublin City Council advises An Bord Pleanála to permit apartments on 1916 leader’s home

TV shows such as Vikings captivate modern audiences, but history does not record exactly what Vikings sounded like

What did the early Irish sound like? Researchers hope to find out

Rory Carroll
August 18, 2020

The Augmented Vocality project aims to re-create sonic footprints of Celts and Vikings

Raechel Ivey at a traditional hut in Mackay, Australia: her great-grandmother was brought over at eight to be a maid for a white family. Photograph: Faye Sakura/New York Times

Forgotten slavery in Australia: The South Sea Islanders

Isabella Kwai
August 15, 2020

Thousands were lured to plantations in 19th century by deception or force

Children praying in front of what were believed to be blessed statues at Dwane's in Templemore. As news of apparent miracles and cures spread, up to 15,000 people per day made the pilgrimage to the town.

The ‘Templemore Miracles’: How a fake bleeding statue led to an IRA truce

John Reynolds
August 14, 2020

In Tipperary 100 years ago, an apparent miracle put the War of Independence on hold

The questionnaire filled in by the young Oscar Wilde on the cusp of stardom in 1877

Oscar Wilde’s wit and ego on display in €50,000 auction sale

Brian Hutton
August 7, 2020

According to book, his preferred poets were ‘Euripides, Keats, Theocritus and myself’

One of the statues removed by the hotel. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons

3:11 Dublin City Council begins action against Shelbourne Hotel for removing statues

Ronan McGreevy
August 6, 2020

‘Shelbourne Four’ must be ‘freed and reinstated’ – Senator Michael McDowell

Proinsias Ó Rathaille, grandson of The O’Rahilly, outside the badly vandalised house of The O’Rahilly at Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin, on Wednesday. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

O’Rahilly house at risk after being damaged by vandalism

Olivia Kelly
August 6, 2020

Windows broken at house once lived in by Rising leader The O'Rahilly

Irish light: St John’s Point Lighthouse, in Co Down, is the subject of Beneath the Beam, a short film by Rupert Shanks and Yvonne Gordon

Is this our last chance to see an Irish lighthouse’s ‘beautiful loom’?

Rory Carroll
August 4, 2020

Campaigners say switching St John’s Point to LEDs would snuff out the magic of its light

One of the four statues removed by the Shelbourne Hotel. Photograph: Wiki Commons

Shelbourne statues: Will we ever see them on St Stephen’s Green again?

Hugh Linehan
August 1, 2020

It would be regrettable if we found new reasons in the 21st century to destroy what’s left of old Dublin

A large sarsen stone at West Woods, the probable source of most of the sarsens which were used to construct Stonehenge. Photograph: Katy Whitaker/University of Reading/PA

Stonehenge mystery: Archaeologists unravel secrets of giant sarsen stones

Steven Morris
July 30, 2020

Research concludes 50 of the 52 stones were probably found in Wiltshire’s West Woods

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