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Ireland and Multiculturalism |Our First People of Colour
Twenty-five years ago, Ireland appeared to be a homogeneous place, with white freckled people everywhere. But things have evolved, and this year has seen an increase in media attention on Ireland and multiculturalism. In particular, there's…
Easter 1916 | Writers and fighters
History is set in stone, but people always love to imagine the road not taken. One of the great what-ifs of Irish history is what would have happened if the 1916 leaders hadn’t been executed. A less often posed question is what would the…
Easter 1916 | How Dublin’s Citizens Coped with Hunger During the Rising
Glasnevin Cemetery has, controversially, unveiled a wall of remembrance which lists the names of all those known to have died during the 1916 Rising. Critics claimed it was wrong to include the dead from both sides of the conflict.
But…
Easter 1916 | Looting and mayhem
As the sun rose on over Dublin city on Easter Monday 1916, few could have guessed it was the dawn of a day that would transform Irish life forever. After the rebellion that burst into flames that day, things would never be quite the same…
The Rising comes to life | Dublin exhibition gives telling glimpses
“Revolution 1916” is a vibrant new exhibition about the Rising, at the Ambassador Theatre in Parnell Square, Dublin.
Visitors are brought through each day of the Rising, and the main players involved. The information is broken down in a…
Easter 1916 | Real Life on the Streets of Dublin
A battle is raging over the future of a group of houses in Dublin city centre. And today the Irish High Court has come down on the side of those trying to save the buildings. It's a victory for, among others, James Connolly Heron, grandson…
Other & Father exhibition| Interview with Mariah Garnett
Mariah Garnett (born 1980, USA) came to Belfast for the first time in 2015 for a residency at Digital Arts Studios. Now she premieres a new project in her first UK/Ireland solo exhibition, at the MAC.
Garnett’s practice borders on the…
How Premiership football fulfils Karl Marx’s prophecies
In The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx argued that capitalism’s greatest achievement was the systematic destruction of tradition. Money or “the icy waters of egotistical calculation” will ultimately triumph over any traditional institution…
Sinn Fein’s history unrolls towards mainstream
As Ireland hunkers down for the 2016 general election, the prospects of Sinn Fein appear rosy. Journalist Deaglan de Breadun recently published a history of the party, concentrating on the rise in its fortunes in recent years.
The saying…
Ireland’s Woodstock: the anti-nuclear protests at Carnsore Point
A spectre hung over a Wexford beach - and all Irish society - in the 1970s: that of “Nuke Power”. In the ballad the House Down in Carne, this was described as “a terror" that promised to poison your children, and even strangle your poor…