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New gallery to commemorate 20th Century Irish history Updated / Tuesday, 27 Apr 2021 16:14 Political Coverage Editor A new gallery commemorating Irish history during the 20th century is going to be established at the National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks in Dublin. Work is starting on the project this year and the new exhibition will be open in 2023 to coincide with the centenary of the foundation of the Irish Free State. The new project aims to highlight the decade of centenaries from 2012-2023. Minister for Culture Catherine Martin s department is contributing €2.2m to the initiative. The centenaries programme for this year is also supported with a budget of €5m in current funding, which is an increase of €3m on last year s funding allocation. ....
State unnecessarily keeping Land Commission records 'locked away' – Historian independent.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from independent.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
State unnecessarily keeping Land Commission records 'locked away' – Historian independent.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from independent.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A leading historian has said the Irish Land Commission records are “unnecessarily being kept locked away” by the State, preventing vital research. Professor Terence Dooley of Maynooth University says the full, complex story of Ireland’s revolutionary period can only be told when the Land Commission records are made accessible to researchers. The records, now housed in Portlaoise, remain closed to the research public on, Mr Dooley says, the pretext that they are working records and do not come under Freedom of Information legislation. “For 70 years, questions have been asked in the Dáil as to why they have remained closed, and the answer is the same in 2021 as it was back then,” he said. ....
Terence Dooley In late June, the IRA had attempted to kidnap a British officer stationed in Athlone. The plan was to hold him hostage to barter for the release of Longford IRA leader Seán MacEoin, who was in Athlone prison awaiting execution. However, during the operation, the British officer was shot and died. A revenge rampage by the Black and Tans in Knockcroghery, Co Roscommon saw 20 houses burned. Instead of responding by burning an equal number of houses, the local IRA commander decided that Moydrum Castle would be burned as a counter-reprisal. According to Dooley the commander did not reveal that he and his two brothers had been actively involved in agrarian agitation in the lead-up to the burning. ....