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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 ...

70 Years of The Quiet Man

Date: Jun 7, 22
On the 70th anniversary of the Irish premiere of The Quiet Man, Liam Ó Raghallaigh recalls how Ma...

Helen Keller’s Tour of Ireland in 1930

Date: Jun 7, 22
In 1930, Nobel Prize nominee Helen Keller and her companions, Polly Thompson & Anne Sullivan,...

The Battle that Began the Irish Civil War

Date: Jun 7, 22
The attack on Dublin’s Four Courts began the Civil War in Ireland in June, 1922, writes Michael F...

Last days of the Theatre Royal – closed its doors 60 years ago

Date: Jun 7, 22
The curtain fell for the last time on Dublin’s Theatre Royal sixty years ago. Thomas Myler shares...

The Kidnapping of a Cork Heiress

Date: Jun 7, 22
Richard T. Cooke tells the story of Henry Browne Hayes and his audacious attempt to force a young...