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Ahead of the release of their debut album Gloomerald, the duo talk their biggest inspirations, internet obsessions, and favourite conspiracy theories

TREASURES from the collections of Aberystwyth University are being showcased in a special book as part of the celebrations to mark the institution’s 150th anniversary as the first University College in Wales.

It was an “unspeakable war,” wrote one journalist, and “a story that nobody dared to tell.” But contrary to popular assumption, the tragic Irish Civil War of 1922-1923—a wrenching, destructive run-up to the establishment of an independent Ireland—has long persisted in the national Irish memory, despite efforts to downplay or outright erase it from official discourse.

THIS Sunday sees the launch of a new book at Pairc an Esler in Newry, exploring the history and the links – or lack of – between the Gaelic languages across the Sea of Moyle.

It was an “unspeakable war,” wrote one journalist, and “a story that nobody dared to tell.” But contrary to popular assumption, the tragic Irish Civil War of 1922-1923—a wrenching, destructive run-up to the establishment of an independent Ireland—has long persisted in the national Irish memory, despite efforts to downplay or outright erase it from official discourse.