Donal Fallon is a historian, writer and broadcaster based in Dublin. His work has appeared in History Ireland, Spiked, Jacobin and other outlets. He is editor of the Dublin history blog Come Here To M
Many Dubliners abandoned public transport and sought sanctuary anywhere they could. In total, the flu claimed more lives than the political violence of the revolutionary period.
Trevor White’s new biography of Alfred Byrne tells the story of “the most popular Dublin-born politician of the twentieth century”, in all his complexity, writes historian Donal Fallon.
Next year marks 100 years since women got the vote. During the years of debate that led up to that change, many in Ireland argued that there were far more pressing issues to focus on.
There are dozens of tattoo studios around Dublin now, but it wasn’t always thus. Here’s the story of the man who had the industry to himself back in the mid-twentieth century.
There are dozens of tattoo studios around Dublin these days, but it wasn’t always thus. Here’s the story of the man who had the industry to himself back in the mid-twentieth century: Johnny Eagle.
Heffo’s Army was a youth-culture phenomenon of the 1970s, when Dublin youngsters, especially from working-class areas of the city, got into GAA overnight.
He was called “A rabid republican cum architect cum town planner of definite convictions cum determined preservationist and exposer of shady planning applications.”
