Nora’s Sorrow – The Murder of John Foran, 1888
The murder of a ‘land-grabber’ and the Land War in Kerry. By Mark Holan A thunderstorm swept across Pittsburgh in the early …
The Illies and its environs in the 19th Century
Gearóid Mac Lochlainn on life in ‘Illies’ area of north Donegal in the 19th century. The Illies is a rural area …
Nineteenth Century Landlords of Greater Buncrana
The19th Century Landlords of Greater Buncrana (The Civil parish of Lower Fahan) by Gearoid Mac Lochlainn. Finley Dun, who in 1879 after …
Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh -The Limbless Landlord
Brian Igoe looks at the career of an extraordinary 19th century landlord and his times. This is a summary of the little …