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The tercentenary of the 1718 migration from Ulster
Friday, 8 June 2018The 1718 emigration is one of the earliest known planned group migrations from Ireland. Migrants from the Bann valley founded towns in New England.
Irish United-man in Europe
Wednesday, 30 May 2018On 29 May 1968 Shay Brennan, Tony Dunne and George Best (1946–2005) became the first Irishmen to win a European Champions Cup winners medal ... read the DIB entry on Shay Brennan, By Dr Jim Shanahan, below.
The ragged trousered philanthropists, a seminal account of working class life, influenced the course of post-war Britain.
Karl Marx and the DIB: John Wheatley
Tuesday, 8 May 201819 May is the 149th anniversary of the birth of John Wheatley (1869–1930), a Co. Waterford native and childhood emigrant to Scotland
Karl Marx and the DIB: Mary Burns
Tuesday, 8 May 2018Coinciding with the opening in the IFI of the narrative film The young Karl Marx we feature a prominent figure in the film, Mary Burns.