Devastation in the North Strand
Dublin City Council Historian in Residence Dr. Mary Muldowney and historian Catherine Holmes tell the story of the bombing of North Strand on the night of 30/31 May 1941, an event that traumatised several generations and changed the shape of one of the city’s oldest neighbourhoods. Mary Muldowney’s talk gives the background to the tragedy…
Read moreThe Irish Army During the Emergency
The Transformation of the Irish Army During the Emergency.A talk by Colonel Donal O’Carroll at the North Strand Bombing and the Emergency in Ireland seminar held at Dublin City Library & Archive on 29 May 2010. You can listen to a recording of the lecture or scroll down to read a transcript. Transcript Colonel O’Carroll:…
Read moreThe Effects of War-Time Censorship on Historical Sources
A talk by Kevin O’Connor at the North Strand Bombing and the Emergency in Ireland seminar held at Dublin City Library & Archive on 29 May 2010. You can watch and listen to the lecture or scroll down to read the transcript. Audio only: Transcript I would just like to point out that this wonderfully…
Read moreHostile aircraft approaching Irish coast
A talk by Dr Michael Kennedy at the North Strand Bombing and the Emergency in Ireland seminar held at Dublin City Library & Archive on 29 May 2010. Dr Michael Kennedy is the Executive Editor of the Royal Irish Academy’s Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series. He has published widely on Irish political, diplomatic and…
Read moreThe Other German Bombings of Ireland
A talk by Eoin Bairéad at the North Strand Bombing and the Emergency in Ireland seminar held at Dublin City Library & Archive on 29 May 2010. Eoin Bairéad has an M.A. in Local History in NUI Maynooth, and is the author of The bombing of Dolphin’s Barn, Dublin, 1941 in the Maynooth Studies in…
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