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After the Guinness Brewery, perhaps the most visited Dublin tourist attraction is Kilmainham Gaol, where 14 of the 16 Irish rebels of 1916 were executed. What is not discussed much is the burial place of the fourteen rebels at Arbour Hill across the Liffey River.
A crowd attended a parade ceremony in New Ross in memory of Michael O’Hanrahan on Holy Thursday.
When Irish exiles needed a refuge, they swarmed to New York and established a hotbed of anti-British sentiment and activity that fed the flames of Irish freedom. The Great Famine in the 1840s forced millions of Irish out of Ireland, initially flooding the big cities of the east coast of America, especially New York and
In his role as chief executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI), Adrian Cummins has tirelessly advocated and cajoled the Government for support, not just for his 3,000 members countrywide, but for thousands of other restaurants, coffee shops and various eateries across the hospitality industry. He frequently appears on TV and radio, particularly in times of crisis — as is the case now for restaurants and cafes with rising costs, taxes, wages, and warehoused debt from the Covid-19 lockdowns.
The fascinating story of a family from north county Dublin and its involvement in Irish nationalist movements, has been told in a new book.