That might seem an odd question, since the Proclamation of the Irish Republic is probably Irelandโs best-known historical document: and anyway, isnโt there only one? The answer is both yes, and no. Letโs start with the story behind the Proclamation, which is quite well known, but hereโs a quick summary: In the years since it …
Harry Kernoff’s Woodcuts
Over the course of his career, artist Harry Kernoff (1900 - 1974) produced three books of woodcuts, filled with striking black and white prints. Born in London in 1900, Kernoff was the eldest son of Isaac and Kate Kernoff, Russian-Jewish migrants who had moved to Britain from Vitebsk, then part of Russia, now Belarus. The …
Bourke the Bibliographer
Dr F.S. Bourke, (1895-1959) medical doctor, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Physicians and bibliographer assembled a private library of some 9,000 items reflecting his interests in Irish history, literature, culture and society over his lifetime until his death in 1959. Francis Stephen Bourke was born on the 14/15th July 1895 in High Street, …
