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Come Here To Me! Book Launch & After Party
After the official launch of the book by Diarmaid Ferriter, Professor of Modern Irish History at University College Dublin (UCD) – we are going to make “history” ourselves by organising the world’s...
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New Lookleft in shops now.
Issue 13 of Lookleft Magazine is in shops now, and it’s another interesting issue. Irvine Welsh throws his weight behind the campaign to name Dublin’s newest bridge in honour of fellow-Hibernian F.C...
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“Bang Bang shoots the buses, with his golden key…” (Print for sale at book...
Print by Luke Fallon. We’re delighted with this beautiful print, which we will be selling on the night of our launch, on Wednesday the twelfth of December. The print is a tribute to Thomas Dudley,...
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The less dramatic bombing of O’Connell’s tomb, June 1952.
In January 1971, Loyalist bombers from the Ulster Volunteer Force planted an explosion within the Daniel O’Connell tomb at Glasnevin Cemetery. This explosion caused significant damage to the stairwell...
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“Ireland’s tribute to Queen Victoria”
I picked this great image up recently, showing the unveiling of the monument to Queen Victoria inside the grounds of Leinster House in February 1908. A huge image, I had to scan it in two parts, as you...
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Potential CHTM! charity walking tour, January.
Update: Going, going…..gone! Both tours are now at capacity. Thank you all so, so much. We’ll send on the details soon to all done to attend. Apologies if you missed out. Earlier in the week, I asked...
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Street violence in Dublin (August 1969)
The Irish Press (16 August 1969) While the attack on the British Embassy in Dublin after Bloody Sunday in January 1972, is more widely known and certainly was more successful, there were attempts to...
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Dublin’s newest plaque: Shamrock Rovers, Ringsend.
Photo Credit: George Kelly Both Shamrock Rovers Football Club and Shelbourne Football Club were founded in Ringsend, yet both play their home games in distant corners of the capital today. Shelbourne...
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‘The Midget Queen’, Easter 1916 and the Henry Street Waxworks
The Dublin Waxworks at 30 Henry Street was a beloved institution for the young of Dublin in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. As was written of the waxworks in a 1940 edition of The...
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“Come Here To Me: Dublin’s Other History” book launch
Well, what can we say apart from what an absolutely amazing night! We couldn’t have foreseen the crowds that showed up, with rumors of a queue building outside the door as Diarmaid Ferriter got up to...
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Prison Food
Illustration of the old City Arts Centre, via the Campaign for the Old City Arts Centre. One of my favourite pieces of graffiti in Dublin was Eine’s ‘Prison Food’ piece, upon the City Arts Centre. Eine...
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The annual Christmas post of Dublin stuff.
I’ve always done an annual post on the blog looking at things I think would make good gifts for Dubliners or those with a keen interest in the history and culture of the city. This year I’ve gone for...
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Dublin’s last surviving cage work house
Dublin once boasted a large number of ornate cage-work houses. Bernard Morgan wrote in the Irish Independent on 5th April 1949 about one particular one in Cook Street off Winetavern Street. When it was...
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‘The big bank’
Construction under way on the Central Bank (Dublin City Public Libraries) The Central Bank on Dame Street divides Dubliners. Some praise it as an architectural achievement, while others curse it and...
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The Misneach hunger strike, 1966.
Image from front page of Trinity News (April 21st 1966) In April 1966, the Irish state marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Easter Rising in spectacular fashion. The state laid claim to the legacy of...
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A December stroll through town.
For a few weeks now I’ve been living in Dublin 7, about a ten minute stroll from the centre of town. I’ve made the most of it, and try to carry a camera. I’m by no means a photographer, far from it,...
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The dragon of Moore Street
Did you know that there is a carved stone dragon perched on the top of a three-storey building on Dublin’s historic Moore Street? Mischievous dragon overlooking Moore Street. Credit – Jonathanmbradshaw...
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Operation Sitric (June 1979)
In June 1979, the site of the hugely controversial Civic Offices at Wood Quay was occupied under cover of darkness by protesters. Under the Black Raven flag of the Vikings, newspapers reported that...
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Not quite as brave as Joseph Holt…
On Sunday, a gang of us travelled up to Montpelier Hill to see the infamous Hellfire Club lodge, which seemed about as far removed from a normal Christmas day out as anything we could think of. If the...
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From grandeur to ruin: the story of Sarah Curran’s home in Rathfarnham
Hidden in the middle of a 1970s housing development in Rathfarnham lies the ruins of a Georgian home, boasting a fascinating history. Known as The Priory, this house which stood for at least 150 years,...
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