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Whale Tale – did a sailor survive 15 hours in a whale’s stomach?

Date: Aug 15, 23
By Shaun Ivory It’s February 1891, and a ship called the Star of the East is whaling off the Fal...

Ireland’s Own Writing Competition Details 2023

Date: Aug 15, 23
Ireland’s Own is pleased to announce details of our 2023 Writing Competitions. Entrants are invit...

Dr. Dorothy Stopford Price – she pioneered BCG vaccination in Ireland

Date: Aug 15, 23
By Hannah Huxley The life of Dr. Dorothy Stopford Price tells an extraordinary tale of an Anglo-...

New Series – The Stars of Heartbeat

Date: Aug 15, 23
By Francis K. Beirne   ‘Heartbeat’ is a period police drama series which was broadcast on ...

Miadach – foster son of Fionn Mac Cumhaill

Date: Aug 15, 23
Gemma Grant's series on Irish Myths and Legends   Once more the shores of Ireland were und...

Seamus Heaney – Profile of a Poet

Date: Aug 8, 23
Ivor Casey remembers Irish poet Seamus Heaney on the tenth anniversary of his death.   His...

The Man who Held a Dying Michael Collins

Date: Aug 8, 23
In August 1922, Emmet Dalton held Michael Collins in his arms as he died on that infamous stretch...

Did Lady Jane Wilde visit Oscar from beyond the grave?

Date: Aug 8, 23
Lady Jane Wilde was a talented writer who used the pseudonym ‘Speranza’. A huge inspiration to he...

History of the Dime Novel

Date: Aug 8, 23
Denis J. Hickey takes a look at the inexpensive paperbacks which championed adventurers in the Wi...

Tom Crean – A Multifaceted Legend

Date: Aug 8, 23
In his new book, Tim Foley sheds light on Tom Crean’s often mysterious life, his early years and ...