Letter to Alice Stopford Green
In this month’s ‘From the Archive’ series, we examine a letter to Alice Stopford Green from a soldier in the trenches of the First World War.
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‘What, No Costumes?’ An Article from the Dublin Evening Mail
As part of our series: From the Archives: Public History, Lindsay Doyle examines an article from the Dublin Evening Mail first published on 11 July 1953. The article addressed comments made by a judge of folk dancing for the International Eisteddfod competition in Wales. The judge, Violet Alford, reportedly made several remarks about the lack of traditional dress worn by some competitors. The article addressed Alford’s comments on the Irish costumes present, and further questioned the existence of a ‘traditional’ Irish step dancing dress.
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From the Archives: Public History
Thanks to a collaboration between the National Library of Ireland and the 2017-18 UCD Public History MA, History Hub presents a new monthly series dedicated to showcasing manuscript and archival sources from the National Library of Ireland’s collections.
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Launch of DMP and Garda Personnel Registers
The DMP and Garda personnel registers give important insight into the lives of the men who served in the DMP and An Garda Síochána. They document a time of great change in Ireland’s history and provide a significant resource to historians, genealogists, and the general public.
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Fr. Francis Gleeson Papers
For the first time in its history, papers from the Dublin Diocesan Archives have been made digitally available for scholars, researchers and members of the public. Experts in the Dublin Diocesan Archives and the UCD Digital Library, University College Dublin, have worked together for over 18 months to transcribe and digitize the diaries and papers of Fr Francis Gleeson, a Dublin Diocesan priest who ministered to soldiers in World War One.
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