On the eve of the Second World War in Europe, the senior pupils in the National Schools of the Republic of Ireland were engaged in an important, if somewhat unusual task. The Schools Scheme of 1937-38, was a collaboration between the Folklore Commission a
Charlestown has long been a place of strategic importance to Mayo. It has provided many prominent and dedicated residents who have made their contribution not alone to their own area but to the county at large through involvement in public life, sport, co
'The West of Ireland: New Perspectives' examines the lives of ordinary people in the west of Ireland and the political organisations which represented them throughout the nineteenth century. Featuring contributions from some of Irelands leading historians