Category Archive: History
Apr 12
EASTER 1916 – New painting is now on display in East Wall
“THEY DID US PROUD:OUR HEROES GONE” – A new painting by Artist Eilish Lynch is now on permanent display in the Sean O’Casey Community Centre , St. Marys Road , and can be viewed Monday to Friday between 8am and 10pm. The painting , which is a representation of Easter 1916 and the Independence struggle, …
Apr 04
A FAMILY AT WAR WITH AN EMPIRE – Christy and ‘Dina’ Crothers of the Irish Citizen Army
From the Easter Rising to Bloody Sunday and Civil War On Easter Monday 1916 amongst those who set out to ‘Break the chains with England’ was 14 year old Christy Crothers of the Irish Citizen Army. His Rising would be short lived, as on Tuesday afternoon, due to his young age he was ordered …
Mar 28
“Kathleen Lynn, a Truly Radical Woman” : Summer School – July 18th 2015
“Kathleen Lynn, a Truly Radical Woman” Saturday July 18th – The 1st Sarah Lundberg Summer School, The Sean O’Casey Theatre, East Wall 10am to 4pm. Last year the East Wall History Group was shocked by the untimely passing of our friend and colleague Sarah Lundberg. We have decided to honour her memory by …
Feb 14
“HUMPTY DUMPTY” – 20 YEARS A GROWING
Next week see’s the PEG Drama & Variety group presenting “Humpty Dumpty” at the Sean O’Casey Theatre. This is a very special occasion, as this was the first pantomime the group ever performed 20 years ago. Two decades on the group is still going strong, and in the years between …
Dec 24
A CHILDS CHRISTMAS IN EAST WALL
Hard Times of a Dublin Childhood She knelt on a kitchen chair Looking out the window The soles of her old shabby runners faced us as we sat at the kitchen table My mammy told her to watch The Hillside Stores She put sixpence in her hand and told her as soon …
Dec 06
St Marys Camogie Team , East Wall 1920′s
This amazing photograph shows the St Marys Camogie team in the 1920′s . They are practiscing on a local field known as the “Kelly ties” . Look closely and you will see that this is roughly where the Dublin Corporation houses on Russell Avenue were built a few years later (and still stand). The houses …
Nov 21
Bloody Sunday 1920, East Wall and the one who got away.
Bloody Sunday 1920, East Wall and the one who got away. The events of November 21st 1920 are among the most talked about from the Irish Revolutionary period. Remembered as ‘Bloody Sunday’, the day saw a total of 31 violent deaths in the city – 14 targets associated with British Military Intelligence , 14 shot …