AMAZINGLY, the South African Independent Democrats had to find out from the Saturday Star newspaper that one of its parliamentary nominees, Narentuk Jumuna, was a convicted killer. Jumuna had been a successful businessman in his hometown of Verulam in the province...
FOLLOWING the 1916 Easter Rising and the subsequent executions, Ireland was devoid of purpose, with many of her sons serving in the British Army. Britain felt the Irish position was volatile, and after prolonged discussions prime minister Herbert Asquith announced...
ALTHOUGH fighting started on 28 July 1914, Germany’s declaration of war on Russia on 1 August is noted as the...
BRITISH prime minister Herbert Asquith’s ultimatum to Germany was to get out of Belgium before midnight. This was ignored. At...
THIS article will be in four parts, and even that isn’t enough for a comprehensive review of ‘The Great War’....
AT 9am on 29 July 1974, workmen cutting grass discovered a woman’s body lying in a ditch close to the...
THERE are many religious who have served Ireland well down through the centuries. Some have received the recognition they deserved,...
KILMAINHAM is a town and townland in the parish of St James, within the boundaries of Dublin city, although originally...
THE Tudor reign ushered in the most anti-Catholic period ever endured by Irish people under the English crown. But at...
SOME times, this column includes forgotten heroes or those practically written out of Irish history. This week we are highlighting...
OK, so we did the folk groups already … this is part two of the trilogy, where we look at...
THE Dardanelles campaign, or just plain Gallipoli (which means beautiful city), was how the British called it. The Turks’ title...
OUR history seems to be full of incurable diseases that have spread throughout the world at regular intervals through the...
HOW about a little question time. Let’s say Greenland is the largest island in the world. Some would say it’s...
ARTHUR Wallace was born in County Mayo born. He was an educated man and, after a certain amount of travel,...
LET us recap a little and fill in some gaps. The battle of Oulart Hill on 27 May, took place...
THE DEFEAT at Bunclody did not deter or dim the spirit of the rebels; they would fight another day; they...
IT IS not unusual for this column to visit Wexford’s participation in the 1798 rebellion, so much so, it may...
I RECENTLY spent some time in the Curragh Ward of Naas General Hospital suffering from pneumonia. As I improved, I...
AUSTRALIA is one of our new continents. In 1860, its government sponsored a challenge to cross the country’s interior from...
