ireland

Amateur Film of Dublin from over 60 years ago

A 16mm amateur film of Dublin A 16mm amateur film of the capital many years ago, still showing Nelson memorial[…]

Episode 29 – Irish War of Independence 1920 In October 1920 the new British intelligence structure operating from Dublin Castle[…]

Episode 22 – Irish War of Independence In the hopes of stopping Sinn Féin’s dramatic growth the British government introduced[…]

Black and Tans vs. IRA – 1920 The movement for more Irish self determination had turned into a full out revolutionary[…]

Conscription Crisis | April 1918 With Allied casualties mounting on the Western front due to the German Spring Offensive, in[…]

Vintage Farming Ireland – Threshing Oats Once the corn stack had been built and a thresher was available to thresh[…]

How the names of counties are formed from the Irish Language In this video I will explain the meaning behind[…]

Bloody Sunday in Croke Park in 1920 The remarkable story of Christopher ‘Yarra’ Duffy, who survived being shot in the[…]

Ancient Ireland Culture and Society We can see in this video how under Brehon Law providing hospitality became a legal[…]

Ancient Names for Ireland A list of the ancient names for Ireland taken from Geoffrey Keating’s “General History of Ireland”.[…]