Oct 13, 2024
Dublin-born John Henry Foley was one of the most prolific sculptors in history. His works adorned public squares from London to Kolkata to Virginia, USA, while there are more statues by him in Ireland than any other sculptor. These include the Daniel O’Connell...
Oct 5, 2024
See here for more stories from Ireland’s Forgotten Past In August 1649, Oliver Cromwell, the most powerful figure in the new Commonwealth of England, stepped ashore at Ringsend in Dublin to commence a nine-month military campaign that would earn him...
May 23, 2024
The Rev. John Schultz was a notorious German clergyman who married over 3,000 couples in Dublin between 1806 and 1837. Such marriages were often conducted in secret, perhaps because the couple were of mixed religion, or the bride was pregnant, or there was family...
Mar 6, 2024
Born into a Presbyterian family in Belfast, Lewis initially supported the Unionist cause but was so shocked by the execution of the Easter Rising leaders that he paid closer heed to the nationalist cause. He filmed many remarkable events from the period and did much...
Feb 18, 2024
Born in present-day Nigeria, Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745–1797), aka Gustavus Vassa, was one of the first black abolitionists to visit Ireland, calling in at Dublin, Cork, Belfast and ‘many [other] counties …. I was every where exceedingly well treated by...
