Irish Times History

Stories on Irish and world history, including The @IrishTimes Century Project, Stories from the decade that made Ireland 1912-1922

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What Census 1926 reveals about lives of children 100 years ago https://t.co/0UTvIrYXBa

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Éamon de Valera in Ballsbridge, ‘Sam A Barclay Beckett’ in Foxrock: Who was where 100 years ago? https://t.co/7A81nbos49

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Why the failure of Noël Browne’s mother and child scheme still matters 75 years later https://t.co/DKZUdSe8iY

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Government withdraws file alleging Gerry Kelly IRA leadership role from National Archives https://t.co/32SAStMxo6

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Censoring Sinn Féin Christmas card ‘a step too far’, NI officials told after staff complaints https://t.co/rPrgzGqvpv

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Blair rejected inquiry into killing of loyalist terrorist Billy Wright amid prison claims https://t.co/yf2KEiOZCC

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Bertie Ahern lobbied Tony Blair for more information on Sellafield security amid concerns https://t.co/dWSMwLj6om

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DUP sent ‘particularly narrow-minded bunch’ to cross-border young politicians’ gathering https://t.co/mhQmVi8EiE

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WT Cosgrave wrote of ‘highest esteem’ for Mussolini as he tried to save Franciscan garden https://t.co/A8QfE6CDOW

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Tackle sectarianism by making subject sexy, minister told https://t.co/dWTg8E31J5

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Irish-language courts in North could be ‘open to abuse’, PSNI feared https://t.co/i2ivbMUkKv

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John Major’s ‘politically inept’ block of Gerry Adams trip to London handed SF ‘propaganda coup’ https://t.co/Sw6Ustw6GH

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Unionist legal challenge to Anglo-Irish Agreement sparked panic in Dublin and London https://t.co/x1icJ0nAMo

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Martin McAleese provided buses for loyalists as part of contacts https://t.co/eH739SDRy9

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Charles Haughey ‘very disturbed’ over gun allegedly put to man’s neck on Carlingford Lough https://t.co/yjdfPDXKEQ

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Not enough gardaí at Lansdowne Road to prevent riot at abandoned Ireland-England 1995 match https://t.co/aPi78hVAly

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Charles plan for ‘opulent’ yacht visit to Galway Bay and Cork in 1996 annoyed Irish side https://t.co/fGurAqw5VU

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Overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick a serious issue 45 years ago https://t.co/YDoGBcElMm

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Irish presence at second World War event not in conflict with neutrality - officials https://t.co/Op0sataR82

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Opus Dei worried high-ranking members would be revealed after Fr Brendan Smyth scandal https://t.co/CarEMMHAVw