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The Radical Newspaper Archive

The Radical Newspaper Archive is now available through our Irish Newspaper Archives Subscription
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14 April 2023

Introduction to the Wide Street Commissioners

Watch John Montague's presentation about the Wide Street Commissioners on May 24th 2022.
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13 June 2022

Elsie McDermid's 1916 Letter

On Wednesday, 27th May 2015, Dublin City Council's Public Library Service took possession of a copy of a rare eye-witness account of the outbreak of the 1916 Easter Rising. The account was in the form of a letter written by Elsie McDermid (seen on the right), a popular opera singer of the era, to her mother in England on the occasion of Elsie's visit to Dublin. She was in Dublin to perform in Gilbert and Sullivan shows at Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. However, the performances were cancelled as a result of the dramatic outbreak of the Easter Rising on Monday 24th April 1916.
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13 January 2016

1916 Rising Dublin Fire Brigade log-book goes on display

Dublin City Council has acquired a unique Dublin Fire Brigade Ambulance log-book which covers the period of the Easter Rising, 24-29 April 1916. The log-book relates to Tara Street Fire Station and records hour-by-hour the response of the Dublin ambulance service to those injured in the Rising.
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20 November 2014