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Johnny Cash’s Love Letter to Ireland

Date: Feb 7, 23
Eugene Dunphy charts the life and times of the Man in Black, and examines his links to Ireland. ...

Saint Valentine in Ireland

Date: Feb 7, 23
Francis K. Beirne explains why February 14th is a red-letter day for many Irish couples   ...

“I’ll Meet You Under Clerys’ Clock”

Date: Feb 7, 23
For years courting couples had a recognisable landmark where they met on Dublin’s O’Connell Stree...

The Story of Roy of the Rovers

Date: Feb 7, 23
Long before ‘Fantasy Football’ became a reality, children on both sides of the Irish Sea lost the...

A Polish Spy Among the Fenians

Date: Feb 7, 23
Eugene Dunphy tells how a high-ranking British official hired an agent from central-Europe to inf...

Saint Brigid – Patroness of Ireland

Date: Jan 31, 23
One of our three national saints, Brigid will now have a new national public holiday centred arou...

The Legend of John Mills

Date: Jan 31, 23
Sir John Mills, who was born 115 years ago on February 22, 1908, was one of the most popular and ...

William Conrad Roentgen – winner of the first Nobel Prize in physics and discoverer of X-rays

Date: Jan 31, 23
William Conrad Roentgen - The winner of the first Nobel Prize in physics and discoverer of X-rays...

Just A Memory – The Fairies of Knockalisheen

Date: Jan 31, 23
By Mae Leonard The topic of conversation in Limerick during the mid-1950s was fairies. The Limer...

The Railways of West Cork

Date: Jan 24, 23
While today connectivity is measured in speed, the railway is fondly remembered for linking peopl...