Nov 17
In June 1903 the DMP raided a house at 12 Upper Oriel Street. The object of their attention was the resident of the top floor flat, Daniel Courtney, who was running an illegal sheebeen from the premises. Courtney was a Casual Grain Labourer on the Docks and sought to extend his young families precarious …
Nov 11
This month marks the centenary of the founding of the Irish Citizen Army during the 1913 Lockout. Since August the Dublin workers had been at war with the Dublin Employers Federation which had set out to destroy the Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU). They had locked out thousands of men and were …
Nov 03
Fear on the streets It was a Mash … a Monster Mash – It was the annual Halloween night parade through the streets of East Wall …from the Youth Club to the recreation centre on Russell Avenue. Ghosts and ghoulies, monsters and monstrosities, blood suckers and bone eaters … we had them all. Spreading …
Nov 03
Never too old for utter terror …and a bit of a song and dance too. Halloween Ball 2013 in the credit union…
