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Sixty Years of The Late Late Show

Date: Jun 28, 22
On July 6th, 1962, the first ever Late Late Show was broadcast by RTÉ as a summer ‘filler-in’. Si...

Bridget ‘Beezie’ Gallagher – the woman that was the catalyst behind ‘The Quiet Man’?

Date: Jun 28, 22
LIAM Ó RAGHALLAIGH profiles the quiet, unassuming woman he believes was the catalyst for the John...

Willoughby James Hamilton – first Irishman to win Wimbledon’s men’s title

Date: Jun 28, 22
Multi-talented sportsman became the first Irishman to win the Wimbledon Singles title, writes She...

Seán O’Casey: Irish playwright who highlighted the Dublin slums

Date: Jun 28, 22
A committed nationalist and socialist, he was the first Irish playwright of note to write about t...

The Civil War in Ireland – Conflict in Wickow & Wexford

Date: Jun 28, 22
Within a few days of the collapse in Dublin, anti-Treaty strongholds were being established in th...

The Eucharistic Congress of 1932 in Ireland

Date: Jun 21, 22
It is hard to imagine in 2022 how much the Eucharistic Congress ninety years ago in 1932 would ha...

Classic Film – “Scarface”

Date: Jun 21, 22
By David Flynn   By the 1930s the gangster film format was firmly established. They had be...

The World’s First University Museum

Date: Jun 21, 22
By Helen Morgan On the 6th June, 1683, the world’s first University Museum opened in Oxford, Eng...

Pat O’Brien – Hollywood’s “Irishman in Residence”

Date: Jun 21, 22
By Chris Hughes In Hollywood, in the thirties a group of Irish-American actors joined forces to ...

The Green Goddess – ‘The Cold War Fire Engine’

Date: Jun 21, 22
60 years ago, some four months before the world teetered on the brink of nuclear disaster during ...