Item category 2: Irish Collection

Roger Casement, executed in 1916 for his part in Ireland’s Easter Rising, remains a controversial figure. His official investigations of colonial power on the frontier of sub-Saharan Africa and the Amazon provoked international reaction before the outbreak of war in 1914. The ex-consul’s role in...

On Sunday, 20 February 1921, at Clonmult near Midleton in County Cork, almost the entire east Cork flying column was wiped out having been surprised by a British Army patrol later reinforced by Auxiliary Police. Only one IRA man escaped the attack. Twelve were killed, seven after they had surrend...

Who was in the I.R.A. in Belfast from 1922 to 1969? Who decided on I.R.A. strategy and tactics in the city? Where did it get money, weapons and intelligence? What do we know of its activities? What were the circumstances preceding the rapid increase in size of the Belfast I.R.A. in the early 197...

"The global financial crisis in 2008 brought central banking to the centre stage, prompting questions about the role of national central banks and - in Europe - of the multi-country European Central Bank. What can central banks do, and what are their limitations? How have they performed? Currency...

'Dark Beauty' contains photographs which focus on the minute detail in Harry Clarke’s stained-glass windows, particularly in the borders and lower panels of his work. Clarke’s brilliance as a graphic artist is clearly visible in his book illustrations, which are imbued with precise attention to i...