Book Review: Mary J. Murphy, Achill Painters – An Island History
By Mary J. Murphy Publisher: Galway: Knockma Publishing, 2020. Reviewer: Patricia Byrne The lure of Achill On 30 October 1918 a young …
Feed the School Children – Paul Strzelecki: A Forgotten Polish Hero of the Great Irish Famine
Review of an Exhibition at the Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin. By Patricia Byrne. At the height of the Great Famine, …
Weapons of his own Forging: Edward Nangle, Controversial in Life and in Death
Patricia Byrne writes about an intriguing character and the impact of Protestant missionary work on Achill Island in the 19th Century. One …
The Kirkintilloch Tragedy, 1937
Seventy-five years ago this month one of the biggest peace-time tragedies befell the Irish state when ten young migrant workers from Achill …
Achill Island 1912: A Microcosm of Swirling Political Movements
Patricia Byrne looks at Scoil Acla, a summer school on Achill Island in the early 1900s and through it, at the changing …
Today In Irish History, Women Take Sides in Achill Land Agitation, 7 March 1913
The battle on Achill Island in 1912-13 between Agnes McDonnell and her tenants. By Patricia Byrne. Convoy of Hay Carts Attacked On …
Today In Irish History – Caught! Fugitive Criminal Lynchehaun Arrested, 5 January 1895
Patricia Byrne discusses the capture of infamous criminal and later source of a literary legend, James Lynchehaun. On Saturday morning, 5 January …