In the 1850s and 1860s, Kilgubbin was often mentioned in the pages of the Tribune and other Chicago newspapers. The name ...

Ireland’s bubonic plague scare in 1900 Dublin was at high risk of an outbreak due to its slums and tenements and poor sanitation.

The air is thick with dust as children file through the gates of Sancta Maria Primary School. The modern building stands in stark contrast to the surrounding maze of corrugated iron structures ...

London, 25 July 1919 - The House of Lords has been told that before the government introduced an Irish housing bill, it should first have brought forward a bill dealing specifically with Dublin ...