‘Conducive to the improvement of the country’, The Coolattin Wentworth-Fitzwilliam estate, County Wicklow
By John Dorney Coolattin estate, located in southern County Wicklow, once sprawled across nearly half of the county, taking in thousands of …
Belfast’s Lost 1798 Burial Ground
Belfast witnessed a series of public executions of United Irishmen, but where were their remains buried? This article explores the handful of …
‘Calculated to excite the minds of the public’: South Ulster and the Young Ireland Rebellion 1848
July 2018 marks the 170th anniversary of the 1848 Young Ireland Rising. This article explores Irish Confederate activism in south Ulster, 1848, …
Robert Emmet, the 1803 Proclamation of Independence and the ghost of 1798
Maeve Casserly examines the thinking of Robert Emmet, architect of the 1803 rebellion. In 1803 in Dublin, Robert Emmet and a small …
Today In Irish History Hill – The Battle Of Vinegar Hill, 21 June
~1798~ 212 years ago today the Wexford based forces of the insurgent Irish army was engaged by General Lake‘s (an intriguing character …