An exciting tour which mixes eras and brings alive the timeless spirit of our capital : from the bewigged dandies of the 18th century to the spiky Punks of the 1970s. Next tour Sunday, 9th November. The tour goes from College Green and Trinity College up Grafton Street to St Stephen’s Green, taking in theContinue reading “Rebel women and Exploding statues – a Dublin walking tour”
Author Archives: eamondelaney
Writers, Painters, Rebels – A Walking Tour of Artistic Dublin
Meet outside National Gallery entrance, Clare Street at 11 am. Duration 90 minutes, price 17 euro. On again Saturday, 15 February In just a small part of Dublin city, are deep connections to the lives and works of three major international writers, as well as other poets, painters and rebels. Writer Eamon Delaney takes usContinue reading “Writers, Painters, Rebels – A Walking Tour of Artistic Dublin”
Admirals, singers and dreamers – A Walking Tour of James Joyce’s Dublin
North Dublin is at the heart of the great writer, James Joyce. In this small but intensely historical area, are locations in his life and writings, especially the famous novel, Ulysses. (Above : Molly Bloom in the 1967 movie version of the novel). Author and historian Eamon Delaney brings us on a tour, showing usContinue reading “Admirals, singers and dreamers – A Walking Tour of James Joyce’s Dublin”
Salvator Gavillet – Home Ruler who fought at the Somme but felt forgotten by Ireland
Name of soldier : Salvator Gavillet Name of descendent : Maria Smith Like many, Salvator Gavillet enlisted for the Great War in the belief that he was boosting the case for Irish independence and Home Rule. However, when he came home, the atmosphere had changed and a much more separatist movement led by Irish RepublicansContinue reading “Salvator Gavillet – Home Ruler who fought at the Somme but felt forgotten by Ireland”
Thomas Morgan – A wartime horse handler from Mountjoy Square
Pictured above : Mary Morgan wearing the World War One medals of her son, Thomas. Elsewhere in this section, Breda Gaynor describes tracking down the grave of her relative, Thomas Masterson, an Irish born US soldier buried in Belgium. Such is the close connection of north Dublin and the Great War, that Breda also hadContinue reading “Thomas Morgan – A wartime horse handler from Mountjoy Square”
John Walker – With the Tyneside Irish at the Somme
Name of relative : John Walker Your own name : Helen Dje John Walker’s story is a good illustration of the struggles and opportunities of working class life in Ireland and England in the late 19th century. From Kilkenny, John moved to Durham in England where he enlisted with the Tyneside Irish Battalion and foughtContinue reading “John Walker – With the Tyneside Irish at the Somme”
John Masterson – Longford born US soldier and how his Flanders grave was found
This is the story of a Dublin woman in search of the grave of her granduncle who died in Belgium in 1918, and who was unaware that an author in Belgium was trying to find relatives of the same man. The author Patrick Lernout was compiling a book about the Flanders Field American Cemetery inContinue reading “John Masterson – Longford born US soldier and how his Flanders grave was found”
Colin Horner – Rotherham seaman torpedoed by U-boat in 1944, but swam and lived
Name of soldier/sailor : Colin Horner Name of descendent : Tommy Horner Colin Horner was a sailor on the HMS Hardy when it was torpedoed in the Artic Ocean by a U boat during the Second World War. Blown overboard, he managed to survive in the icy waters until rescued, and went on to liveContinue reading “Colin Horner – Rotherham seaman torpedoed by U-boat in 1944, but swam and lived”
Charles O’Donoghue – Clareman who fought in Great War and then joined new Irish Army
Name of soldier : Charles O’Donoghue Your own name : Jim O’Donoghue The case of Charles O’Donoghue is yet another story from the Great Western Square area of north Dublin, which, with its adjoining streets, has provided so many World War One stories for this site. In this case, it is from the small adjoiningContinue reading “Charles O’Donoghue – Clareman who fought in Great War and then joined new Irish Army”
Willie Brazil – From Great Western Square to the Western Front
Above : A young William Brazil in his Royal Artillery uniform Name of soldier : Willie Brazil Name of descendent : Enda Carr Teacher Enda Carr lives on Monck Place, Phibsborough, north Dublin. This is just beside Great Western Square where his grand uncle William Brazil, a veteran of the Somme, lived until well intoContinue reading “Willie Brazil – From Great Western Square to the Western Front”
The Lion and the Shamrock 