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60 Years of the Irish Charts

Date: Sep 27, 22
Though not so important now, when the first Top Ten was broadcast on Radio Éireannin October 1962...

Myths & Legends – Deirdre of the Sorrows

Date: Sep 27, 22
Gemma Grant continues her series on Irish Myths & Legends   Deirdre looked back with a...

Did Cork’s avian battle of 400 years ago inspire Hitchcock?

Date: Sep 27, 22
400 years ago a booklet held our ancestors in thrall as they devoured the gory details of the ‘Wo...

Classic Film – Quackser Fortune has a Cousin in the Bronx

Date: Sep 27, 22
By Arthur Flynn A film with the strange title of 'Quackser Fortune has a Cousin in the Bronx' wa...

The Ancient Secrets of Mayo’s Céide Fields

Date: Sep 20, 22
David Mullen visits one of Europe’s most important archaeological treasures.   It’s bleak ...

Sir John Gray and the Vartry Reservoir

Date: Sep 20, 22
By Harry Warren Walking in the woods alongside Vartry reservoir in county Wicklow on a beautiful...

Myths & Legends – The Children of Lir

Date: Sep 20, 22
Gemma Grant continues her series on Irish myths and legends   The small chapel was almost ...

250 years of the Ursulines in Ireland

Date: Sep 13, 22
Because of Covid, the Ursuline Sisters are, are belatedly celebrating their 250th anniversary thi...

The Civil War Series – the sprial of violence continues

Date: Sep 13, 22
By Eamonn Duggan   As the Civil War entered its third full month there were clear indicati...

Mabel Cahill – “Kilkenny’s Greatest Champion”

Date: Sep 13, 22
By Gerry Moran Mention ‘champions’ and ‘Kilkenny’ in the same breath and one immediately thinks ...