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A History of Dalkey Island

Date: Nov 15, 22
Dalkey Island, lying just off the south Dublin coast is just a stone’s throw from the tiny Collie...

How Cúchulainn got his name

Date: Nov 15, 22
GEMMA GRANT continues her series on the myths and legends of Ireland   The king and his co...

Margaret Louise Aylward – founder of the Sisters of the Holy Faith

Date: Nov 15, 22
Bridget Hannan profiles the Waterford-born philanthropist and founder of the Sisters of the Holy ...

Remembering Sonny Knowles

Date: Nov 9, 22
Sonny Knowles would have been ninety this month, and here Maxi recalls an interview she did with ...

Pope John XXIII and the Second Vatican Council

Date: Nov 9, 22
By Helen Morgan Forty years have now passed since Pope John XXlll convened an ecumenical council...

Did a Woman of Irish Descent Create the First Poppy?

Date: Nov 9, 22
By David Norris For over a century Ireland has struggled to honour the 46,647 men who died fight...

The Vaults of St Michan’s

Date: Nov 9, 22
HARRY WARREN visits St. Michan’s, the oldest parish church on the north side of Dublin. Both the ...

Ireland’s Myths & Legends – Oisín and Tír na nÓg

Date: Nov 9, 22
Myths & Legends series by Gemma Grant   Time passed or didn’t. Oisín could never be su...

Horror Remembered – Tom McParland recalls the films that left us quivering in our seats

Date: Nov 1, 22
We all remember those long-ago nights when we tearful, pyjamaed and barefooted infants, rushed in...

Thomas Patrick Connor – author of Rafferty’s Motor Car

Date: Nov 1, 22
Thomas Patrick Connor Sheila O’Kelly remembers the author of such favourites as Raffterty’s Motor...