Sunday Independent

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 […]

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Poor old Titanic, it is a heart-rending story

December 9, 2011 · 2 comments

in Newspapers,Online Resources,Prints & Drawings,Research

by Áine Finegan, Reference Team Student The centenary of the sinking of the Titanic is fast approaching with the one-hundredth anniversary of both her maiden voyage and demise in April 2012. The NLI has some fascinating online resources for gaining an Irish perspective on this disaster which continues to intrigue us today. The story of […]

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