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80 years since the bombing of Dublin’s North Strand

Date: May 18, 21
On the night of 31 May, 1941, four high-explosive bombs were dropped by German aircraft on the No...

Edgar Allan Poe – writer of the first detective story in English literature

Date: May 18, 21
By Helen Morgan This Year (2021) marks the 180th anniversary of the publication of the first det...

Hail to the Chief – meet Ireland’s Chief Herald

Date: May 18, 21
The Office of the Chief Herald is part of the Genealogy and Heraldry division of the National Lib...

Islands of Ireland Series – what life was like on John Lennon’s Irish Island

Date: May 18, 21
David Mullen visits Dorinish Island “Alistair, I want you to buy me an island. Oh, and it mustn’...

The Story of Glenroe

Date: May 11, 21
To mark the twentieth anniversary of the final episode of Glenroe in May, 2001, Maxi looks back o...

Dr Mary Edwards Walker – they awarded her the Medal of Honour and then revoked it!

Date: May 11, 21
By Liam Nolan The Medal of Honour (often erroneously called the Congressional Medal of Honour) i...

The Ballad Sheet – Rocks of Bawn

Date: May 11, 21
Part Seven of Eugene Dunphy's series on Irish Ballads   In early November 1921, during the...

Shay Healy – remembering a great entertainer

Date: May 11, 21
By Brian McCabe What’s another year? - a sad one, when it sees the passing of the irrepressible ...

George Best – a tribute to an Irish footballing great

Date: May 4, 21
The Manchester United star, who was born 75 years ago this May, reflects on his rise and fall as ...

The Majesty of the Wicklow Mountains

Date: May 4, 21
Don Baldwin takes us on an enjoyable trek along the Wicklow Mountains   Just south of Dubl...