The liberation of Ireland and the achievement of a strategic advantage by the French over the British was the intention when in December 1796 thirty
Avatrix sisters Sheila and Mabel Glass, born in Whitehead, County Antrim were renowned endurance, racing and aerobatic pilots in the 1930s.
The sisters were given
In the 1970s and ’80s, during the childhood of this author, my parents frequently took me to visit relatives in the Irish countryside. I was
It is often said if you want something done, you have to do it yourself. This was the situation that arose in the early 1880s
In the present time, we find ourselves inundated with advertisements from car manufacturers asserting the dawn of a new era for electric vehicles. However, this
SCOLOPENDRA a 30ft long-tail motorboat is the only surviving boat from the Yachtsman Cup race held in Cork Harbour on July 10th 1904. SCOLOPENDRA (meaning
Acclaimed racing driver Henry O’Neal de Hane Segrave (1896 – 1930), a three-time Land Speed Record holder and native of the United States, spent his
We recently encountered this stylish 1980s Mercedes-Benz 280CE (W123) parked on a Dublin Street.
The Mercedes-Benz 280CE (W123), produced between 1975 and 1986, is widely
During World War One, Queenstown (Cobh) in County Cork was a vital naval base for British and later American vessels, strategically positioned near Atlantic shipping
