Category Archives: World War I

Feeding the Rising: military and civilian food supplies during the Easter Rising, 1916

by igt_admin Posted on March 28, 2016

On Easter Monday, 24th April, the staff of the Hotel Metropole on O’Connell Street were surprised to see a party of armed uniformed men enter the premises. Brandishing their guns at the manager, the men demanded all the cooked meats … Continue reading →

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A Plague of Plaques: memorialising war in urban Ireland

by igt_admin Posted on July 10, 2015

Just now, it seems that war commemorations are to the fore of public consciousness. Here in Ireland, the preparations for marking Easter Rising 1916 are beginning to gather pace. Since the Rising was almost entirely a Dublin-based event, people in … Continue reading →

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The Garrison Game? Soccer’s ‘foreign’ image in Irish popular culture

by igt_admin Posted on May 7, 2015

A guest post from David Toms about the ‘garrison game’…. ‘Support your own games. Don’t mind the skulker and miserable kind of fellow who says, “There’s no game like Soccer”, “No game like Rugby”- in fact, “No game like the … Continue reading →

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