trying to access my grand uncles files and i literally can't click past the first page on the archives...

Me and a few lads have started an Irish social history channel called "Untold Ireland".

We are mostly focusing on mid-20th century Ireland through interviews with people over 50.

Our most recent interview is with John Egan, who's a farmer and award winning athlete from Barnastooka in Kerry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uws9qh8rPg

We are always open to more interview subjects. If you have a mammy, grandad or aunt who would be good craic, then we'd love to go to them for interviews.

Drop me a message if you know anyone.

Had a few hours to burn in town so wandered in. Lots of excellent work on display, but it was very disjointed, confusing in terms of timelines, really low key items (is all our fancy stuff in the British museum?) and mostly archaeolgy rather than telling the story of the country. I mean absolutely no disrespectful to the hard work of the team there, by comparison to the natural history museum or kilmainham, it feels like its in need of some imagination, or maybe a rebranding as archaeolgy?

Hiya folks I am looking for a map of the major castles in Ulster during the period 1550-1600. I have Bartletts map of Ulster but honestly it is a bit confusing to look at.

If anyone would have some good resources it would be majorly appreciated.

Was looking at a census from 1901 in dublin and I seen one of the children spoke irish. Keep in mind these children grew up in a tenement in around smithfield with no connection to gaeltachts. Did dubliners back then learn it through school or how so?

About 5 years ago, I was in a Senior Center in the states. A 80 year old woman started talking to me about how she was a dance hall girl in London in the 1950s. A dance hall girl who worked for British Intelligence, looking for Irish lads who were in the IRA. So the question is, how prevalent was that after WWII?

Always loved spy fiction and history so any recommendations would be appreciated. I know we're not exactly an intelligence powerhouse but there must be some interesting stuff?

Hi everyone,

I was born in Ireland to Irish parents but moved to the UK when I was very young. Growing up we would visit Ireland every year to see family and I’ve always felt proud of being from Ireland but sometimes feel like a bit of a fraud since I grew up in the UK and unfortunately have an English accent.

Even though I’m proud to be from Ireland I feel like I’m not very well educated on Irish history as in the UK we never learnt about it, my parents of course have taught me some bits, but overall I feel I’m not very educated enough on my history and culture. I was wondering if anyone could recommend me some resources I can use to learn more about my culture and Irish history. Particularly around the famine, independence and the troubles. If there are any books that give good overviews about culture and history but aren’t too complicated and easy to follow along as I’m not the greatest reader. Also if there are any movies/documentaries/podcasts/youtube channels you would recommend that would be great.

Thanks in advance 🙏

Who named this period in our history - it seems so non-descript and dismissive that I would guess it was the British?

No. 27, George McDermott

I see he was married in the Roman Catholic Chapel of Tully which was in the Union of Clifden of County Galway.

But what is the neighborhood/town and what is the Registrar’s District?

Also if they are not around today what would be its modern name for that area, just curious?

Hello, any information on this individual in the photo would be really appreciated. I have tried searching the archives, but to no avail. He’s a relative, as far as I know, but have nobody left to ask about him. I’m not even sure which of the two men he is. Thanks in advance.

Silent Night is a very funny satirical essay by Nell McC about the Nativity, originally published in 1986 by In Dublin magazine. It was included in the Goodnight Sisters collection, and I've heard recordings of her reading it. Since today is Christmas, we'd like to listen to it again. But I can't find the audio/video anywhere. Any pointers?

I have heard of them and listened to the music about them, but who are they?

https://www.thetimes.com/article/ira-did-not-hit-scotland-on-principle-hwlmdtjtj

Has anyone taken the History of Family MA at the University of Limerick? If so, was it worth it?

Dublin is a coastal city, but Belfast is on the shore of Belfast Lough and surely that would have been a nice location for Vikings to settle, I have read that the Vikings were present in and around Lough Neagh, Bangor, Strangford etc but why did they not hang around the Belfast Lough?

I have also read that in general Ulster suffered less from Viking activity in comparison to other places in Ireland but why was this?

It's silly but Ireland being one of the few European countries who are in support of Palestine (a thing many Arabs don't even do) made me want to learn and appreciate Irish history even more. I don't know any good documentaries/books to start from, though. I also love mythology/folklore.

Forgive me if this question has been asked before, I tried to use reddits search function but I couldn't find what I was looking for.