by Dr. Paul Hughes Between the Irish censuses of 1911 and 1926, the Protestant population of Westmeath – that is, people living in the county who professed the creeds of ‘Protestant Episcopalianism’ (Church of Ireland/Scotland/England), Methodism and Presbyterianism – fell by 49.4 percent.[mfn]Census of Ireland reports, 1911 and 1926 (available at www.histpop.org).[/mfn] According to figures cited by […]
We just had to get out of the place’ IRA barrack evacuations, May 1922 On Monday, 1 May 1922, Laurence Ginnell, TD and his wife, Alice, returned from Argentina after nearly eight months representing Dáil interests in Buenos Aires. They arrived in Liverpool on board the SS Darro, where they were greeted by Ginnell’s father-in-law, James […]
Submitted by Peter Keegan - This photo was taken on the Athlone Bridge overlooking the Shannon at the advent of spring last year - just before COVID-19 locked us all in and away from these beautiful vistas
Submitted by Ger O'Connor - GPO Stone , This is the only 1916 Centenary Monument anywhere with such an artifact from the GPO Dublin