Kieran McCarthy, chief tour guide with Cobh Rebel Walking Tours in County Cork, is asking Newry readers to consider visiting the Irish southern coastal town this summer, if/when allowed to staycation in Ireland following the long covid lockdown. Kieran McCarthy…
Always Remembered, never to be forgotten. 1916 Memorial Garden Westview. 105th Anniversary of the Easter Rising. https://youtu.be/x5mmhbJp8v4
The Lead Up To Joining The Flying Column Today I would like to talk a little about five of the Cobh Flying Column members. The four who lost their lives to the Clonmult tragedy, and their commander on the day…
For anyone with even a passing knowledge of modern Irish history, the name of Cobh has a particular emotional resonance. Associated within Ireland most especially with the trauma of the Irish Famine, during which (and for years after) it was…
Engaging With Unionism Before That Border PollBy Kieran McCarthy There’s hardly a day goes by nowadays when one doesn’t pick up a newspaper or view some online publication without reading the comments or tweets of some celebrity writer, movie star,…
America 2020 – Ireland 1920, Who Learned From Who? By Kieran McCarthy November 3rd, 2020 and the weeks leading up to it will go down in American and World history as the time when the people of that nation went…
Westview RIC Barracks in Cobh If it’s true that a picture can say a thousand words, then the above photograph must be a true expression of that rule.Those with only a cursory knowledge of Cobh’s republican history might instantly recognise…
The Full Story Finally Told Reviewed by Kieran McCarthy In an era and society that listens to almost daily calls for public enquiries into various scandals involving state, voluntary and religious bodies, to establish the truth around institutional wrong-doing, I…
In Photo: (from l-r) Clr, Diarmaid O'Cadhla, Clr. Anthony Barry, Deputy Mayor Kevin Conway, Clr. Kieran McCarthy, President of Adult Education Network Richard Cooke, Clr. Cathal Rasmussen Cllr. Kieran McCarthy, Historian and Author launches his Cobh Rebel Walking Tours at…
By December 1916, most of the republican Internees in Wales had already been released. By now the British Government had realised the own goal it had scored after the execution of the Volunteer leaders. The mood in Ireland had been…