50 years ago Harold Wilson accused some in NI of spending 'their lives sponging on Westminster and British democracy...Who do these people think they are?' No doubt, with the way his campaign is going, Rishi Sunak will accuse everyone in the UK of being spongers within days.

Is Suella Braverman running Rishi Sunak’s campaign?

I will be giving a talk on the life of significant Irish literary figure, Frank O'Connor, in Pembroke Library on Wednesday, 12 June @ 1pm. O'Connor had strong connections with Pembroke Library, appointed as its first librarian in 1928. His death mask is on display in the library.

Rishi Sunak is about as popular as this guy in the pub.

I will be a giving this talk on the Irish Free State joining the League of Nations in 1923 on Monday, 10th June at 6:30pm in Terenure Library.

Historian Cormac Moore's analysis of how the Irish Free State sought to be recognised internationally amongst the nations of the world, including becoming a member of the League of Nations in September 1923.

Mon 10 June, 6:30pm Terenure Library

No booking. Dublin City Libraries

On why Ronan Fanning’s History of the Department of Finance is not a good comparison for the NI official history

I will be giving a talk on the Irish Boundary Commission next Wed, 29th May @ 1pm in Pembroke Library (T: 01 222 8450). Pictured is the chair, Justice Richard Feetham, who became known as 'Feetham-Cheat’em' in nationalist circles for his perceived favouring of the unionist case.

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NEW EPISODE of Three Castles Burning.

The Anatomy of a Massacre.

Fifty years ago today, a series of no-warning car bombs erupted across Dublin and Monaghan. This would prove to be the bloodiest day of the Troubles. Immediately, questions were raised

Press Release: Schedule of events for tomorrow to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Dublin & Monaghan Bombings

17th May 1974. I was a young child in a shoe shop on Talbot Street with my Mum (8 months pregnant) & Dad, when the bomb exploded. We survived. 34 including Colette Doherty (21), of Sheriff Street, 9 months pregnant died, her 1 year old daughter Wendy survived. I can never forget.

I see the expert history panel still trying to defend the indefensible. Anyone who took - and kept - those roles given the political context, association with the legacy process, and lack of due process and presenting themselves as a form of academic safeguarded is delusional.

Historian Cormac Moore's analysis of how the Boundary Commission impacted people in Ireland and Britain from its inclusion in the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty to the shelving of the Boundary Commission report in late 1925.

Wed 29 May, 1pm
Pembroke Library T: 01 222 8450 Dublin City Libraries

'The bodies and the maimed had been rushed off in ambulances by 5:45pm, but the terrible smell of death could not be so easily erased.'
- The Irish Times, 18 May 1974.

Important to hear the voices of survivors and loved ones on Liveline earlier. Fifty years on, it is time for

Remembering the forgotten victims of Dublin and Monaghan 50 Years On – Cormac Moore
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If you are in Rathmines this evening, I will be giving a talk on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings at 6:30pm in the library.

My article in today’s ⁦⁦The Irish News⁩ on the lives lost from the Dublin and Monaghan bombings 50 years ago this week, mainly forgotten in that time. irishnews.com/opinion/rememb…

It's interesting what comes up when researching. I noticed this picture in the Evening Herald in May 1974 of the Carruth triplets from Walkinstown receiving their First Holy Communion. Michael, to the right, went on to win a boxing gold at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games.