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Browse the latest blog posts from the Dictionary of Irish Biography
Browse the latest blog posts from the Dictionary of Irish Biography
To mark Bloomsday (16 June), the annual commemoration of James Joyce…
Aran of the Saints In what was to prove a recurring theme, the history of the Aran Islands begins with the arrival of a restless idealist seeking spiritual renewal amid the wilds of the Atlantic. Little is known for certain about St …
Since 2012, there have been a series of events commemorating the seismic shifts that took place across the island of Ireland between 1912 and 1923. During this ten-year period the foundations for the modern Irish state were laid. Alongside these centenaries another series of…