“Let No Man Write My Epitaph” Robert Emmet’s Speech From the Dock
On the 19th of September, 1803, a young man stood before a Dublin court and delivered words that would echo across centuries. He was twenty-five years old. He had led…
Dublin or Baile Átha Cliath? Blackpool or the Ford of Hurdles? On the Name Origins of Ireland’s Capital City
Dublin offers one of the most striking examples in Irish place-name history, a capital city where the English name and the native Irish name describe two entirely different things. Most…