May 12, 2025
The Grand Canal Docks, opened in 1796, were Dublin’s largest docks, linked to rivers Shannon and Barrow. Key figures include Éamon de Valera (1916 Easter Rising), U2 (formed nearby), Paddy O’Connell (football manager), Samuel Beckett and Aeneas Coffey (whiskey...
May 12, 2025
The first Irish captain of Manchester United, who won six caps for Ireland, Patrick O’Connell began managing in Spain in 1922, leading Real Betis to their only La Liga title in 1935. As Barcelona manager during the Spanish Civil War, ‘Don Patricio’...
Apr 9, 2025
The tale of the Dromod locomotive and the Furnace ironworks, as well as William de Vismes Kane, Bridie Clyne, Albert Reynolds, Maura McNally and Baron Harlech’s links to President John F. Kennedy, plus how the Roman governor Agricola may have helped an Irish...
Apr 7, 2025
An overview of the some of the main characters from the region from early historical figures like King Cerball mac Muirecáin, Philip Flatsbury, and ‘Black Tom’ Wentworth to more recent names such as Theobald Wolfe Tone, William Makepeace Thackeray, the 6th Earl of...
Apr 7, 2025
Exploring notable figures from the towns past from St. Abban, who entrusted the site to Evin to the composer Franz Liszt, as well as the Marquess of Drogheda; Wimbledon champion Willoughby Hamilton; Florence Fulton Hobson, Ireland’s first female architect; and Count...
