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‘Report recommending alteration of street names’ (1922)

Posted in Dublin History, Social History on March 2, 2011| 3 Comments »

This comes from the Dublin Corporation Minute Books and is from the Report of the Paving Committee. It suggests a number of name changes for the capital, many of which are to acknowledge historical connections to certain streets.

Among the name changes proposed were:

Beresford Place (at Liberty Hall)- Rename Connolly Place.
Fitzwilliam Square- Rename Plunket Square
Brunswick Street- Rename Channel Row
D’Olier Street- rename Smith O’Brien Street
Henry Street- To be united with Mary Street
Nassau Street- Rename Tubber Patrick Street

These are just a few of the recommendations. As ever, click to expand.


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Grangegorman Military Cemetery

Posted in Dublin History, Social History, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on March 1, 2011| 18 Comments »

As mentioned before, last weekend was a busy one for CHTM! with involvement in the Punky Reggae Party gig on Friday night, the Sounds of Resistance gig on the Saturday night and the latest pub crawl scheduled for Sunday afternoon. Before the pub crawl though, JayCarax had lined up a walking tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery for us, led by Ray Bateson, author of “They Died by Pearse’s Side,” historian and specialist on those killed in the Easter Rebellion, 1916. We were joined on the tour by comrades from Story Map, the Chasing the Light photography blog, and Irish History Podcast.

Grangegorman Military Cemetery

Grangegorman Military Cemetary lies 2.5 miles from the GPO, but ask any Dubliner about it’s existence and who’s buried there, and you can be guaranteed you’ll get a blank face from the majority of them. Located on Blackhorse Avenue, not far from The Hole in the Wall pub, it is the resting place of British soldiers who died or were killed in action on this island. Whilst, for obvious reasons, a large portion of our interest was given to those who died on Easter Week, there are graves scattered around of those who came/ were sent here to recover from wounds received in the trenches of World War 1 and a long line of graves for those who died in the sinking of the RMS Leinster in 1918.

5th Lancers, 25th April, 1916

Military casualties (not counting police) in the Easter Rebellion were around the 120 mark, with those killed serving a variety of different battalions though most notably, large numbers from the South Staffs and the Sherwood Foresters battalion, killed in the Battle for Mount Street Bridge. Battalion badges are marked on the headstones along with the name of the person buried, their rank and the date of their death whilst a very few have personal inscriptions. Matching the battalions and dates from the gravestones with the known events in Easter week can give us an idea of where these British soldiers met their deaths. The grave above bearing the date 25th April and the soldier’s battalion, the 5th Lancers, suggests for example, he was wounded the ambush of the ammunitions convoy by Ned Daly’s garrison at the Four Courts and died the following day.

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‘The Royal Dublin Fusiliers’

Posted in Dublin History, Social History, tagged on March 1, 2011| 1 Comment »

This is a nice little piece I thought worth scanning up, awarded to the men of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers upon in recognition of “faithful service” and for being a “member of the old regiment on its disbandment.”

Its visually quite stunning, not least on top where one finds the exploits of the regiment abroad listed.

We frequently feature the history of the republican and socialist movements in the capital, but the Royal Dublin Fusiliers have a central role in the history of the capital too.

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‘Honest To Blog’ One day symposium organised by Pue’s Occurrences.

Posted in Events, Social History on March 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Where did February go? Apparently, it only has 28 days. I feel like two days have been stolen on me. The surprise arrival of March this morning reminded me to boot up the poster for this event, the second symposium organised by the people behind the group history blog Pue’s Occurrences.

Pue’s is one of my favourite blogs. I wrote this piece for it in the past on the great Black and Tans/Auxiliary Cadets dispute (Or eh…great to those of us who get upset about such things) and I really enjoy the approach taken by the sites editors to the study of history. Their first symposium, Blogging The Humanities, was a huge success. Most importantly of all, we got to put some faces to names. The internet works that way, you know a name well before you’ve ever shook hands.

This symposium is a follow-up to last year’s ‘Blogging the humanities’. One of the topics that came out of that day as a central area of concern was the legitimacy of blogging as a medium. What is the status of a blog? What use is it to those engaged in arts and humanities research and practice? Should blogs be seen as legitimate teaching, research and outreach tools? The day will consist of two sessions and a roundtable, in which speakers who have used blogging in a variety of contexts will give their perspectives and respond to questions. There will be plenty of time for discussion. The event is open to all and we especially encourage non-academic members of the blogosphere, blogging skeptics and aspiring bloggers to attend.

The draft programme for the event can be read here.

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“Country men are getting the jobs”

Posted in Dublin History, Social History on February 23, 2011| 17 Comments »

Reminds me of a certain episode of South Park.THEY TOOK OUR JOBS.

Irish Press (October 5 1934.)

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An Phoblacht/Republican News review of The Smiths ‘Hatful of Hollow’ (1984)

Posted in Dublin History, Music, Social History, tagged , , on February 23, 2011| 1 Comment »

I love follow ups.

My sincere thanks to Stephie who commented on this recent piece regarding the launch of a new work on The Smiths at the Workman’s Club recently. In that book, the excellently titled ‘Why Pamper Life’s Complexities?’, Sean Campbell wrote of a feature on the band that appeared in An Phoblacht in 1984. Stephie dug it out of the AP/RN archive and sent it along.

Our emails are on the About Us page, it’s always great to find something ‘attached’ to a mail in your inbox. If it should be up here, send it on in.

Sean Campbell left a comment on the recent piece noting that:

The full account of this fascinating episode, involving The Smiths’ tour of Ireland in 1984, is included in my book, ‘Irish Blood, English Heart’, which will be published this month by Cork University Press.

I look forward to it.

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Dublin, 1937.

Posted in Dublin History, Social History on February 22, 2011| 1 Comment »

This has always been one of my favourite things to do on Come Here To Me, scan and photograph great old Dublin advertisements. These are all taken from the The Dublin Fire Brigade 1862-1937, released in 1937.

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Plaques of Dublin: The Eagle Tavern.

Posted in Dublin History, Social History on February 21, 2011| 3 Comments »

This is a great plaque I’ve not spotted before, on the Quaker Meeting House on Eustace Street. It’s right next to the IFI Cinema. Being a member of the IFI, and always using Eustace Street as opposed to passing through the heart of Temple Bar, I’m surprised I’ve overlooked it.

It is well known that on November 9 1791 the Dublin Society of United Irishmen was formed at the Eagle Tavern, which stood at this site. By no means the prettiest plaque in the city (I think one of the most visually pleasing is one we featured recently to Robert Noonan), it’s an important one none the less.

J.T Gilbert wrote of The Eagle in his A History of the City of Dublin that:

The society called ‘the Whigs of the Capital’, composed of public-spirited citizens of Dublin, held at the Eagle, early in 1791, their political dinners, attended by the Lord Mayor, the Duke of Leinster, Lord Charlemont, Lord Henry Fitzgerald, Grattan, Curran, Ponsonby, and several other patriotic characters.

Back on Culture Night we had a look inside the Meeting House today. Eustace Street remains one of my favourite little streets in the capital.

Seal of the United Irishmen movement.

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Want to live in Dev’s old gaff?

Posted in Dublin History, Social History, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on February 21, 2011| 2 Comments »

Dev’s residence at the time of the Rising- 34 Munster Street

Day dreaming about winning the lotto and buying a house over the weekend, I came across the above on Daft (considering I have about as much a chance of winning the lotto as buying a house it was about as far fetched as daydreams get.) The house above is 34 Munster Street, Phibsoboro; Dev’s place of residence at the time of the Rising, and yours for just €290, 000. Phibsboro was a hotbed of activity around that period, with Dev, Harry Boland, Dick McKee, 15 year old Fianna member Seán Healy and 18 year old James Kelly amongst it’s residents involved in the fighting during Easter Week. Whilst Dev’s political legacy is “somewhat complicated,” his influence on Irish history is still felt today. If walls could talk…

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‘Hannah and her Sisters’

Posted in Dublin History, Events, Social History on February 19, 2011| 6 Comments »

This month-long exhibition to celebrate International Women’s Day falling in March looks excellent, it will take place in the ever-hideous ILAC Centre. I look forward to attending, as I consider Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington to be one of the most interesting characters of the revolutionary period.

01 March 2011 10.00
End date: 31 March 2011 18.00
Event: EXHIBITION: ‘HANNAH AND HER SISTERS’
About: Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington as a suffregette and Irish nationalist. She co-founded the Irish Women’s Franchise League in 1908 with the aim of obtaining women’s voting rights. She was later a founding member of the Irish Women’s Workers’ Union.
Venue: Central Library, ILAC Centre, Henry Street, Dublin, Dublin 1
Organisation: Dublin City Council

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Feminist Walking Tour 2011

Posted in Dublin History, Politics, Social History on February 17, 2011| 1 Comment »

The image above is iconic. It shows Margaret Connery from the Irish Women’s Franchise League grabbing the attention of Bonar Law and Edward Carson, who look none too pleased. I remember the first time I read Unmanageable Revolutionaries by Margaret Ward and it really brought home the role women played in the most turbulent years of Irish history, not just in the separatist movement but the socialist and feminist movements too. Mná na hÉireann’s role in Irish history is too often forgotten, from the brave checkout staff at Dunnes to the likes of Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington.

The annual Feminist Walking Tour in Dublin always goes some small way towards correcting that, while also looking at some contemporary issues. I recommend popping along.

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day this by taking part in the Feminist Walking Tour!

Organised by Choice Ireland, the tour will follow a trail of women’s courage and achievements in history and today around the streets of Dublin, with guest speakers along the way. It’s been getting more successful each year, and is still a free event which is open to all.

The walk will start from the gates of Stephen’s Green park at 1pm on Sunday March 6th, and will finish up in the Exchange, Temple Bar for some eats!

Please contact us if you have any accessibility or other needs.

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“What kind of vegetables are they?”

Posted in Dublin History, Social History on February 15, 2011| 8 Comments »

Kathleen Behan.

Mother Of All the Behan’s on Katheen Behan is one of those great books so often overlooked. Her own mother was a maid in the house of Madame Maud Gonne MacBride, and I love this little tale from the book. I also scanned up the picture above, as I couldn’t find any decent sized image of Kathleen online.

I was in the ‘Deux Magots’ in Paris one time and an American that I was introduced to asked me if I had known James Joyce. I said that I hadn’t had that honour, but I told him that my mother had often served a meal to W.B Yeats in Maud Gonne’s house on Stephen’s Green and that the poet turned up his nose to the parsnips. ‘He didn’t like parsnips?’ said the American reaching for his notebook,’You’re sure this is factual?’

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He wrote in the book: Parsnips- attitude of Years to. ‘And you say he didn’t like Stephen’s Greens either- now what kind of vegetables are they?’

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