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Manhattan Mystery: Notes on the paternity of Éamon de Valera
Most of de Valera’s biographers have dealt with the puzzle of the Irish statesman’s paternal ancestry with varying degrees of scepticism
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Jul 18, 20238 min read
Mallet's Folly: the original white elephant of Phibsboro
Newspaper reports of the tragedy recorded that the accident occurred close to the landmark mills that everyone knew as ’Mallet’s Folly’
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Apr 22, 20233 min read
Father of the American Sky Scraper and his Clonakilty Roots
He was the father of the sky scraper but Chicago architect Louis H. Sullivan also had his paternal ancestry firmly rooted in Clonakilty Cork
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Apr 19, 20237 min read
Number 2 Fitzwilliam Square
It was home to several high-profile entrepreneurs who scaled financial heights only to suffer loss of fortune in the autumn of their lives
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Feb 12, 20231 min read
Preston Street, Dublin: in the Shadow of the Railway
Preston Street lies in the civil parish of St. Thomas and was built between 1810 and 1817 in the northeast outskirts of Dublin City
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Feb 8, 20231 min read
Brendan Behan's Centenary
February 9th, 2023, marks one hundred years since writer Brendan Behan was born at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin.
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Feb 7, 20231 min read
Sheridan Le Fanu's significant anniversary
A useful source on Le Fanu is the memoir published by his younger brother, William, a civil engineer. Entitled Seventy Years of Irish Life
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Jan 27, 20233 min read
Bill Stephens: the Fairview Lion-Tamer and the American woman who witnessed his death
Today, Jan 27th 2023, marks the 70th anniversary of the death at Dunsoghly Farm, St. Margaret’s, of the Fairview lion-tamer, Bill Stephens
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Jan 25, 20232 min read
Al Capone's Irish In-Laws
Mae Coghlin’s parents were Michael Coughlin and Bridget Gorman. Mae or Mamie was born to the couple in Brooklyn in 1897
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Aug 16, 20212 min read
Ancestry of a Tinseltown Trail blazer
Maureen O’Hara, one of the most successful Irish women in Hollywood, was born Maureen Fitzsimons, at Ranelagh, on the 17th August 1920
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Jul 24, 20211 min read
Family Tree of Composer Frederick May
This year 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of composer Frederick May in Dublin. Historyeye looks into his family tree
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Jul 24, 20211 min read
The Irish Family Tree of P.L. Travers
P.L. Travers was a direct descendant of an earlier writer, Samuel “Premium” Madden, (1686-1765) a pioneer of the science fiction genre
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Jul 24, 20211 min read
Tour of Dublin locations from Joyce's Dubliners
Historyeye tours key locations from five of James Joyce's stories:
An Encounter, A Painful Case, Araby, A Boarding House, & The Sisters.
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May 2, 20212 min read
Wexford Religious Censuses of the 19th Century
Historyeye looks at two surviving religious censuses taken in Wexford in the mid 19th century.
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Apr 12, 20211 min read
Wexford Catholic Parish Death Records
Most of these surviving death/burial records predate Irish Civil Records by many decades.They also cover the key years of the Great Famine.
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Apr 1, 20213 min read
April Fool's Day through the centuries
Napoleon married on the day, Dean Swift loved to commemorate it, money-grabbing scammers exploited it, and royal prisoners used it to launch
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Mar 24, 20211 min read
Long liver in Wexford's The Hook
According to the burial records of the catholic parish of St. James & Hook, Mary Kenny, of Haggard in Hook, died 15/10/1850 aged 109 years.
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Mar 5, 20211 min read
Charles Laughton's grandfather came from Ardee
The Hunchback of Notre Dame actor had Irish grandparents on his mother’s side. They were Luke Conlon (Louth) and Mary McAllister (Antrim).
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Feb 9, 20214 min read
Brendan Behan's Paternal Ancestors
Writer Brendan Behan (born on this day 98 years ago) was nothing if not a proud Dubliner. He was particularly proud that the Behans had...
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Jan 6, 20211 min read
The death of Harry Clarke
Today is the 90th anniversary of the death of stained-glass artist Harry Clarke at Chur, near Davos in Switzerland.
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