November 2014

James Joyce Zurich Foundation Letters Digitised by National Library

November 27, 2014 · 0 comments

in Digital Collections,Guest Bloggers

By Ray Burke, Chief News Editor RTÉ News A first-hand account by James Joyce of his unsuccessful attempts to avoid publicity when he married Nora Barnacle in London in 1931 is among the most recent additions to the National Library’s digital collections. Two previously-unpublished letters from Joyce to his son Giorgio in the days before and after the wedding are […]

Tagged as: Giorgio Joyce, James Joyce, National Library of Ireland, Nora Barnacle, Professor Hans Jahnke, Ray Burke, Zurich James Joyce Foundation

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The Irish Bulletin Newspaper (1919-1921)

November 7, 2014 · 0 comments

in Guest Bloggers,Newspapers

By Ian Kenneally, Historian, Author and Broadcaster. He is currently a PhD student at the History Department, NUI Galway. The Irish Bulletin began publication on 11 November 1919 and ended publication in December 1921. During that period it was published as a daily newspaper. It was funded by Dáil Éireann; specifically the Department of Propaganda […]

Tagged as: Dail Eireann, Desmond Fitzgerald, Erskine Childers, Frank Gallagher, Ian Kenneally, IRA, Justin Furlong, Kathleen McKenna, National Library of Ireland, Newspaper & Periodical History Forum of Ireland, Robert Brennan, Shemus

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