Our Man in Havana – Frank McNally on a forgotten Irishman honoured in Cuba
James Joseph O’Kelly was also, for a brief period, a man of two wives
Charles Stewart Parnell
In pictures: the ghost trains of west Clare
In 2022 the West Clare Railway museum and heritage site announced that it was closing indefinitely. Here’s what remains
Sinn Féin may reject commemorating the Normans, but there are some suspiciously Saxon names in its ranks
Take a look at centuries of Irish revolutionaries and you’ll find links to Norman history
The Colonialist: Gruelling but impressive portrait of the virulent racist who bankrolled Parnell
If Cecil Rhodes was your specialist subject on Mastermind, William Kelleher Storey’s biography would supply the answer to every conceivable question
Plaque to mark Charles Stewart Parnell’s anti-eviction meeting in Co Kerry
An estimated 3,000 people gathered in Beaufort to hear the campaigner speak in 1880
Victorian lady detectives: The advantage of being a woman with ‘very captivating manners’
At a time of acute tension between Irish Home Rulers and those who opposed Ireland’s political independence from Britain, rumour was rife and daggers drawn
The Material for Victory: Grassroots memoir of 19th-century democratic political practice behind Irish land ownership
Andrew J Kettle was a key figure in the Land War and his writings illuminate the how systemic socio-economic change was achieved by time of Free State
Roy Foster: Irish reunification ‘is nearer than I would have thought it a couple of decades ago’
The historian discusses an array of subjects, including the damage wrought by Brexit, comparing WB Yeats and Seamus Heaney, and why ‘the whole revisionism thing is over’
Charles Stewart Parnell’s refurbished home to be officially opened on Friday
Avondale House has been subject to an almost €1 million restoration project over the last two years
Irish culture’s remarkable response to the political turmoil from 1891 to 1922
Irish art during the period both mirrored and shaped events in the political sphere
Unholy Sabbaths – Frank McNally on the Phoenix Park Murders and other Irish Times ‘Sunday Specials’
An Irishman’s Diary
Fanfare to Boston Common Man – Frank McNally on the first martyrs of the American Revolution
An Irishman’s Diary
Swerve fuel inflation on this magnificent 19th-century penny farthing
Nothing like a vintage bicycle; first edition of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre also on sale
Roscommon estate takes prestigious heritage award
Dating to the High Kings of Ireland, Clonalis House wins HHI O’Flynn Group Heritage Prize
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices