Bernadette Marks, the Swords local historian who has done most to preserve and promote the history of the town and surroundings recently ...

I am proud to announce the release of my first book, True Dublin. It will be available online and in bookshops around mid-November (just...

My father, Michael, was born in Co. Tyrone in 1941 and died in Dublin, which had been his home for many years, in 2006. He was an enthusiast...

Here's another gem from my late father's vast store of curios. It seems it was published in 1957. The booklet contains songs m...

I must first apologise for the long hiatus, I was busy with other stuff including putting together a book which I shall plug ad nauseum at s...

Young lady of the Claddagh, 1931 (Corbis/Sexton) The Claddagh, 1931 (Galway Advertiser/Sexton) This post is inspired by the two ...

This article written by Gene Kerrigan with photos by Andrew McGlynn originally appeared in the September 1980 issue of Magill Magazine. ...

Below is an excerpt from L. Paul-Dubois' "Contemporary Ireland" from 1908 which provides a vivid (and to my mind touching) tab...

"Forty Coats, how many coats ye wearin' today?" - Forty Coats chatting to a young lad in Dublin, February, 1943 (Independent...

Visitors to Swords brave enough to venture beyond the palatial confines of the Pavilions Shopping Centre may have noticed the Old Boro Pub, ...