Lost Leads

In 1880, William Davidson was found not guilty of the murder of his stepfather

In 1865, Lieutenant Clutterbuck hired a man to take him shooting on the River Brosna. He never returned to the barracks

Reports detailed devastation faced by residents in days after December 11th-12th, 1920

Drink, temperance and Sunday closing: Attempts to root out Ireland’s ‘degrading vice’

Irresponsible youths used darkness as an opportunity for buffoonery and unseemly antics

In 1864, years after losing his hand in an accident, Bernard Cangley visited his former boss

‘Time has given the mere Irish their revenge . . . of hue she approaches our decent Irish letterbox’

150 years ago, Patrick Dunne’s ‘dying declaration’ helped convict his neighbours of his murder

An Irish Times article from 1981 stated ‘drink and the Irish go together like gin and tonic’

From the archive: The destruction of Irish country houses, or Big Houses, between 1919 and 1923 saw about 275 houses destroyed

How Mother’s Day become mainstream ‘as appreciation of all the unselfish service’

Irish newspapers have been covering the devastating effects of disease for centuries

The Irish Times covered war abroad and a ‘hare-brained’ balloon ride

From the archive: ‘Mr Yeats was enjoying the satisfaction of recognition in his own lifetime’

On this day, 1939: Crime at home, ‘wave of terrorism’ abroad and lots of classifieds

In 1842, constables were deployed to protect grain stores from a ‘mob’ intent on ‘plunder’

From the archive: ‘The true junk lover knows that time is even more essential than money to successful junk hunts’

The fifth of our series looking at the eight ‘Health Hints for the Home’ guidelines sent to Irish households in 1953. This week: Cough in Children

From the archive: In 1917, The Irish Times printed an article about ‘our debt to William III’ for his contribution to the Irish textile industry

Newspapers dubbed the violent death of Honor Cunniffe in 1911 ‘the witch case’

In 1869, a trip to Carrickmacross turned deadly after a boy stumbled upon a parcel of provisions on the road home

From a Christmas edition past: ‘Has he toy-shops by the legion, In that far-off Polar region?’