Charles Stewart Parnell was the most significant political figure in Ireland during the second half of the 19th century. As leader of the Home Rule Party, he made a notable contribution to the progress towards national self-determination and he also played a hugely important role…

An 17 Bealtaine 1897 Thionól Conradh na Gaeilge ‘Oireachtas na Gaeilge’ den chéad uair riamh i Seomra Cruinn an Rotunda in 1897. Cuireadh ar siúl mar chuid den chéad Oireachtas naoi gcomórtas san fhilíocht, sa phrós, san amhránaíocht, sa scéalaíocht agus sa rannaireacht. D’éirigh go…

In 1748 Dr. Bartholomew Mosse leased four acres and one rood on the north side of Great Britain Street to erect a new maternity hospital, today’s Rotunda Hospital. He had opened a hospital in George’s Lane in 1745, but this new Lying-in Hospital would be…

National Theatre, Auditorium and Art Gallery “There can be no serious hesitation in appropriating a site at the top of O’Connell Street for a National Theatre. The rising ground would afford a possibility of placing the foyer lower than the auditorium, by which means a…