March 2013

Death in a Sweetshop

March 25, 2013 · 3 comments

in Digitisation,Guest Bloggers,Prints & Drawings

by Pól Ó Duibhir, retired and family history researcher The Connection  –  The day was 16 June 1946. The man in the sweetshop collapsed and died on the spot. There would be no cartoon of this event. But it was not easily forgotten in the sweetshop owner’s family. The man was Gordon Brewster, artist and […]

Tagged as: Artist, Cartoonist, Cartoons, Dollymount Strand, Evening Herald, Felix M. Larkin, George Bernard Shaw, Gordon Brewster, Honora Faul, Howth, Independent Newspapers, Irish Hospitals' Sweepstakes, Martello Tower, No. 1 Northside, Pól Ó Duibhir, Shemus, Sunday Independent, The Gem

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WWI Collection Day

March 20, 2013 · 0 comments

in Digital Collections,Events,Family History,Learning & Outreach

by Josh Hughes, NLI project intern and MPhil in Digital Humanities and Culture, TCD On Thursday, 21 March 2013, the National Library of Ireland will host its third collection day on behalf of the Europeana 1914-1918 project. In an effort to preserve and make available to the public the stories, artefacts and photographs that many […]

Tagged as: Crucifix, Dan Mullan, Edward Sherlock, Europeana, Europeana 1914-1918, Europeana Roadshows, Family History, First World War, Great War, James Burke, Josh Hughes, Maj. E. Sherlock M.C., Major Edward Sherlock, Memorabilia, Private James Burke, Pte. James Burke, WWI

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Sligo Dispute

March 8, 2013 · 4 comments

in Exhibitions,Guest Bloggers,Newspapers

We have a Dublin Lockout centenary exhibition coming up here at the National Library of Ireland this August, but many other protracted labour struggles took place in other parts of Ireland in 1913. In this blog post, author and historian Padraig Yeates looks at a dispute in Sligo between March and May of that year… […]

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