Saturday 7 December, 2013
Did we mention ROG? Lots and lots of ROG.
Featuring material from the Dáil Library as well as documents laid before government, the collection dates back to the 1600s.
Minister Brian Hayes stressed today that the businesses will have to be “in keeping with the heritage and with the recreational nature of the sites”.
A new book looks at the history of the Irish Brigades from the Wild Geese to the Napoleonic Wars.
This week, Neil Jackman captures the Wicklow site at a point when its beauty is matched only by its archaeological significance.
Watch the events of 50 years ago unfold in real time via Twitter.
History was made at Dr Cullen Park today.
Phyllis Radburn, who lived on Henrietta St, was able to take a trip back to her former home thanks to Dublin City Council.
The company floated on the stock exchange this week, an indicator of its influence on the world of social media and information.
Speaking at the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland he said the construction sector was leaving a ‘disturbing’ part of its history behind.
Some already hold the shape of the cities they would become – some are a little grittier.
Bonus: Also see the selfie taken by a teenage girl and shared with her friend… in 1914.
You’ll be inspired to take a trip to your local heritage site after reading this.
The NLI has become first Irish group to feature on Google Cultural Institute, bringing their archive to world attention.
Kilkenny County Council’s archaeologists say that a site on Vicar Street contains no traces of a medieval minister’s house, but An Taisce disagrees.
Heritage Minister Jimmy Deenihan hoping for major programme to mark Battle of Clontarf (although, fact fans, it took place “closer to Glasnevin than modern-day Clontarf”.)
Sid Lowe chats at length to TheScore.ie about his new book, Fear and Loathing in La Liga.
Working Lives exhibition at the NLI exposes the conditions in which men, women and children toiled to survive.
Visitors to the barracks in Cork will have an opportunity to see armoured fighting vehicles including the ‘Sliabh na mBan’, which accompanied Collins at the Béal na mBláth ambush in 1922.
Archaeologist Neil Jackman leads us through a mystical stone circle in Donegal, an abbey with a bloody past in Mayo and a medieval village in Cork.
The project interviewed survivors who worked and lived in the Magdalene Laundries, as well as relatives and members of the Religious Orders.
For the All-Ireland hurling replay day that’s in it, check out that historic gem (in Donegal!) and others in Tipperary and Tyrone as part of Neil Jackman’s bi-weekly series.
The radical newspaper cartoonist Ernest Kavanagh was shot dead on the front steps of Liberty Hall in 1916. A friend said “the poverty and wretchedness of the Dublin workers weighed heavily upon his heart,” writes James Curry.
The king’s position in society and noble lifestyle did not protect him from the common condition, it seems.
National Library of Ireland researchers have been trying to identify the inscription, but they’ve hit a wall…
Saturday will mark the 100th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, one of the key events of the Lockout.
Not literally (perhaps) but Claerchens Ballhaus is marking a centenary of surviving two world wars – and as location for Inglorious Basterds and Valkyrie films.
This Cork city’s main street has undergone many changes throughout the years. Here are some of them in photos.
Locals are fighting to preserve the historic 18th century building which is being redeveloped by the food giant Glanbia.
Free events around the country have been introducing every age to the hidden treasures in their locality.
The Dublin Lockout exhibition opens at No. 2 Kildare Street tomorrow afternoon.
It capped another remarkable week for the Jamaican athlete, who previously reclaimed his world 100m title in Moscow in emphatic style.
National Heritage Week kicks off today with over 1,700 events due to take place. Will you be at any of them?
As part of the Hidden Ireland series, Neil Jackman focuses on the historical gems of Waterford – and what you can see in Heritage Week, kicking off today!
Grafton St is currently undergoing a major makeover – so here’s how it has looked down through the years.
As part of the Hidden Ireland series, Neil Jackman looks at three fascinating places to visit this weekend in Wexford, Galway and Meath.
“The Telegraph Field” with picturesque views of Foilhommerum Bay and the Skellig rocks is available under a guide price of €160,000 with ruins of the 150-year-old cable house still remaining.
The final journey of the ‘big fella’ is travelled by the RTÉ broadcaster John Creedon in a programme to be shown this evening.
Parnell Summer School offering scholarships to third-level students to come to the August seminar.
National Library of Ireland has found this pic of Kilkee in its infancy as a seaside resort.
THIS WEEKEND WILL see the 8 December, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
A national holiday in many countries, in Ireland it is the traditional start of Christmas in Ireland, a day that the Christmas shopping begins in earnest.
But with decorations going up sooner and sooner these days, does the day hold any relevance outside of the church celebration?
We’re asking: Is 8 December the beginning of Christmas?
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