The Clock Is Still Going Miscellaneous Archives

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

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 Dragons above the entrance Kilmainham Gaol was ‘home’ to over 90 Custom House Men for almost 6 months in 1921. ....

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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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Fake News – Always with Us?

Posted on 16th March, 2020

Iconic buildings & key events can create fake news Our guest writer is a grandnephew of Edward ‘Tommy’ Dorins, E Coy, ....

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RIC & DMP? Maybe their legacy wasn’t totally bad!

Posted on 10th January, 2020

We felt we could not let a recent controversy pass without comment. In case anyone missed it, the debacle involved ....

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Why “The Clock Is Still Going”

Posted on 28th April, 2018

In response to a number of queries, we explain below where the name of this website comes from. ....

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