The Ulster Solemn League and Covenant 1912 Writing on 26 September 1969, in his ‘Now and Then’ column, Denis Gywnn noted the similarities between Ulster in 1969 and 1912, looking back on the signing of the Ulster Solemn League and Covenant. This hugely important document was signed 111 years ago this week and has featured as a topic of previous blogs. The document was signed in 1912 in opposition to the proposed imp...

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Oliver Cromwell On 15 August 1649 Oliver Cromwell landed in Ireland, besieging the town of Drogheda before he rampaged through the country. Much has been written about Cromwell, but what of his son, Henry, and his connection with Ireland? Here the Irish Press in March 1982 reports on Cromwell’s son: Window on the Past Son of Cromwell HENRY, Oliver Cromwell s fourth son, had much of his father in him. He learned ...

All Ireland Ladies Football Finals rewind: 1974 The past few weeks in the Irish sporting calendar have been dominated by the Irish women’s team in competing in the World Cup in Australia. Tomorrow, more than 50,000 people are expected to attend Croke Park for the three All Ireland Ladies Football Finals, the showpiece of which sees Dublin and Kerry face off to try and win the Brendan Martin Cup. Irish women’s sport ...

The Hibernian Chronicle This week the Irish Newspaper Archive celebrates some new titles to its pages, including the Hibernian Chronicle during the years 1783-1792. This was a particularly exciting period in Irish history, in the lead up to the 1798 rebellion when news of activities in America and France spread to Ireland. The Hibernian Chronicle became the principal organ for the increasingly prosperous Catholic mid...

Tralee & the Great Famine During the winter of 1846 the effects of the Famine and the continued failure of the potato blight was acutely felt in the west of Ireland. None more so than county Kerry. In the town of Tralee, as the Kerry Examiner reported on Christmas Day 1846, the harrowing effect of hunger was severely felt by families such as the Connells. The report notes the death of Michael Connell, widower, and the f...

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In May 1847 the Kerry Evening Post newspaper reported on the distress then prevalent in county Cork and in particular in the Castlemartyr area: On Thursday last, about two o'clock, about 500 persons assembled at Castlemartyr, and proceeded to the residence of Lord Shannon to ask for relief. Their conduct was very violent, and they tried to force into his Lordship's demesne, but, with some difficulty, they were induc...