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IrishCentral Contributor Joseph Connell explores how Ireland's Civil War ignited with the shelling of Ireland's most ...
British and Irish opinion was further provoked last week by a tempest in the teapot of Irish Free State Governor Gen eral James McNeill, appointed by George V but obliged to act on the Free State ...
In 1926, Paul Manship was selected to participate in an international competition to design the coinage of the Irish Free State. Dublin-born poet William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) had proposed a ...
The Irish Boundary Commission continued its sittings in Derry yesterday. The following official report was issued: “At today’s sitting of the Irish Boundary Commission, witnesses were heard on ...
The shirt, worn in 1927, is that of the Irish Free State, a predecessor to the FAI, with whom Duggan made five appearances and scored one goal. Advertisement. Advertisement. Advertisement.
The constitution of the Irish Free State became law on 6 December 1922. Under the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed on 6 December 1921, the constitution had to come into force within a year.
But first, the Fighting Irish and the Nittany Lions battle each other for a chance to win it all. The No. 7-ranked Notre Dame (13-1) take on the No. 6-ranked Penn State (13-2) at Hard Rock Stadium ...
A very rare and early Irish Free State £50 bank note bearing the portrait of Lady Lavery is expected to fetch in the region ...
The 1926 census was the first of the Irish Free State and the website with the data will go live on April 18, 2026. It will be fully digitised, searchable and freely available online, with the aim ...
The number of Free State people who sailed directly for Canada last year was 2,964. In 1923 only 203 were recorded. Altogether 13,829 left Free State ports in 1924 – an increase of 3,852 over ...
While harps have been an integral part of Ireland’s history for hundreds of years, it wasn’t until the Irish Free State became a reality in 1922, that it became official and was named the ...