The Clock Is Still Going Miscellaneous Archives

Centenary of the Custom House Burning – not the Four Courts!

Posted on 22nd May, 2021

Next Tuesday 25 May 2021 will be a very special date for all who had people involved in or affected ....

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Custom House Prisoner Insights – Part 2: Ages and Lifespans

Posted on 13th February, 2021

This time we look at how old – or young the men were at different stages of their lives and ....

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Centenary – Raid on the Custom House, 1920.

Posted on 15th August, 2020

It may not be widely known that the Custom House was a War of Independence target before the Burning. In ....

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Fire Places: Part 6 – Marlborough Hall (Coláiste Caoimhín)

Posted on 11th July, 2020

Marlborough Hall Marlborough Hall (National Library of Ireland) Although not directly linked to the Burning, this facility on St Mobhí Road, Glasnevin ....

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Fire Places: Part 5 – Source For IRA Transport to Custom House

Posted on 8th July, 2020

Findlater’s Shop Not too far from Dublin Brigade HQ stood this former Dublin city centre landmark. It happened to play a ....

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Fire Places: Part 4 – Where Burning Plans Were Made

Posted on 1st July, 2020

Continuing our look at sites associated with the Burning of the Custom House, this time a few places involved in ....

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Fire Places: Part 3 – Kilmainham Gaol

Posted on 17th May, 2020

Kilmainham’s forbidding Dragons above the entrance Kilmainham Gaol was ‘home’ to over 90 Custom House Men for almost 6 months in ....

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Fire Places: Part 2 – King George V Military Hospital

Posted on 10th May, 2020

One of the support facilities for the large British military garrison in Dublin was their own hospital, opened in 1913. During ....

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Fire Places: Intro and Part 1 – Arbour Hill

Posted on 18th April, 2020

Writers are told to ensure the Reader always knows where, when and why things are happening in stories. That’s simple ....

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