Operation Shamrock

Operation Shamrock

On 27 July 1946, nine-year-old Hebert Remmel disembarked from the mail-boat at Dun Laoghaire and walked trancelike into the dense crowds gathered to greet him and the eighty-seven skinny and bewildered little boys and girls who had travelled with him. As he was hugged...
Captain Hanson Gregory – The Inventor of the Doughnut

Captain Hanson Gregory – The Inventor of the Doughnut

  Rockport, Maine, Tuesday 2 November 1847 As the ship tossed upon the turbulent sea, Captain Hanson Gregory had to make a snap decision. If he didn’t put both of his hands on the ship’s steering wheel very soon, there was every chance the ship would keel over....
Waterways Through Time – Season 2

Waterways Through Time – Season 2

What impact did the Vikings and the Normans have on Ireland’s inland waterways? How did Turlough O’Connor earn the moniker ‘King of the Water’? How did the Knights Templar use the waterways during the Anglo-Norman invasion? Those are just some of the questions...
The Dublin Pals in Gallipoli

The Dublin Pals in Gallipoli

The grim fate of the Dublin Fusiliers as they landed at Suvla Bay and attempt to storm the Kiritch Tepe Sirt ridge and Chocolate Hill, a slow but steady cull that annihilated the cream of the Dublin Pals , including numerous rugby players (drawn from the Irish Rugby...