Place: Irish Free State

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<p>A group photograph of Merchant Seamen of several nationalities including Irish who were imprisoned by the Germans. It was taken prior to March 1943 in Milag Nord lnternienten Lager (internment camp) located near Bremen. Prisoners were grouped at random for these photographs which were then given to each prisoner to send home to give the impression of normality. </p>

news

Russian museum to honour Irishmen who served in deadly Arctic convoys

The Russians will honour several Irish merchant seamen, including one who went on to serve after the war as the most senior officer in the Irish Naval Service

Keating portrait truly a picture that paints a thousand words

business

The legacies left behind by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s predecessors

news

Documenting the abandoned school houses of Ireland

general

The definitive biography of Big Jim Larkin

home and gardens

I just love a glamorous bird like the black-necked grebe

The incredible story of Jimmy Gralton’s dancehall hits the silver screen

Ken Loach and Paul Laverty tell Padraic Killeen about the incredible story of Jimmy Gralton and how his dancehall became a source of conflict with conservative forces.

Fri, 23 May, 2014

Murder and kidnap all part of Collins’s legacy

In the first of a two-part series based on his forthcoming book, ‘Michael Collins and the Civil War’, Ryle Dwyer gives a deep insight into why the Big Fellow is often depicted as an architect of modern urban terrorism and how his attempt to secure southern unity spiralled into an orgy of murder and mayhem.

Mon, 02 Jul, 2012

Spinning into control

IN THE 1920s, the Irish Free State was, if not wholly independent, then at least democratic.

Mon, 24 Aug, 2009