Dr Marian McGarry and Dr Fiona Gallagher speak to Cathal Brennan and John Dorney about how the great cholera epidemic of 1832 inspired the author of Dracula, Bram Stoker. Eerily reminiscent of today’s coronavirus pandemic, in 1832, Ireland was gripped by an outbreak of cholera, imported from the far east, …
By Kieran Glennon. In the middle of July 1920, thousands of “disloyal” workers in Belfast were driven out of their workplaces by …
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney interview historian Gareth Mulvenna on his work on how 1960s 70s Protestant youth culture in Belfast – …
By Gerard Shannon. This is the second in a two-part article, the first can be found here. On Sunday, 9th September 1951, …
By Seán William Gannon On the evening of 11 January 1904, Fr John Creagh took the pulpit during mass at the Redemptorist …
By Gerard Shannon. This is the first in a two-part article. It was a grim, low-key farewell. On August 14th 1940, roughly …
By Patrick Concannon On 12th August 1969 Derry City exploded into violence and running battles that would eventually become known as the …