Item category 1: Local Studies

In December 1920, the Carnegie Free Library on Anglesea Street in Cork was destroyed by a fire set by members of the British Crown Forces, along with the adjoining City Hall, and large swathes of the city centre. Librarian and poet Thomas McCarthy tells the story of the destruction of the librar...

Ireland has long been a nation of story-tellers. What began as a lively form of entertainment has grown into an unrivalled literary genre. Although Ireland may mourn the loss of the seanchai, the old hearthside story-teller, the Irish art of story-telling is by no means lost. This varied antholog...