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Author: Tom Byrne

A Decade of Commemorations in Ireland

April 6, 2014June 18, 2020 Tom Byrne 0 Comments 'home rule', 'Irish Citizens Army', 'Ulster Volunteer Force', ICA, lockout, nationalist, princip, unionist, uvf

2014 marks the centenary of the start of World War I. In Ireland (and Britain) it also marks a century

Early Modern (1501-1700)

Losing Our Heads (Online) – Mary Queen of Scots and 16th Century Surveillance

July 2, 2013June 18, 2020 Tom Byrne 0 Comments Tom Byrne uses the example of Mary Queen of Scots to demonstrate that the monitoring of personal communication is not purely a 21st Century problem.

“The executioner then picked up the severed head and, showing it to those present, cried out: ‘God save Queen Elizabeth!

Irish Library, English Books

February 6, 2013June 17, 2020 Tom Byrne 0 Comments 'Centre Cultural Irlandais', 'irish college paris'

Just a few hundred yards from the Pantheon in Paris, tourists who wander slightly astray will happen upon a narrow

Tom Byrne

November 28, 2012April 23, 2020 Tom Byrne 0 Comments

‘History’s fingers never relax their grip, never leave us unmolested, can touch us even when we would never imagine their

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