Festival Blog

The American Civil War, the sinking of HMS Wasp & the Ulster Museum’s extraordinary collections

A post-Easter post including the Belfast Blitz, the 1918-19 flu pandemic & the history of emotion

Skibbereen Heritage Centre, St Patrick’s Day & wartime rugby

‘Mr Yeats & the Beastly Coins’, old photos of Cork & the Benin Bronzes

International Women’s Day & Limerick 100 years ago

The Cricket Bat that Died for Ireland (and some other things)

Creative Centenaries website, the Anglo-Zulu War and Medieval pilgrimage

India, Dublin, Cork City & Drimoleague

Legacies of slavery from Bristol via Belfast & intelligence in the War of Independence

Maps, shipyards and our very own Mount Gabriel

Bad Bridget, Rex Ingram and murder in Co Cork

A bumper end of 2020 post – and a Happy New Year !

13 December: our not-quite weekly at this time of year round-up

22 November: almost too much history this week…..

15 November: our weekly round-up

25 October: our weekly historical miscellany

18 October: WCHF’s (mostly) regular round-up

9 October: History Festival selection

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The West Cork History Festival explores Irish-Australian history in Dublin

The Irish in Australia event at the Australian Embassy in Dublin, 26 June

Guest blog: Resting Place – The Legacies of Civil War by Ellen McWilliams