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On An Equal Footing With All: Ireland at the League of Nations by Ita Marguet

October 2, 2023

On An Equal Footing With All: Ireland at the League of Nations by Ita Marguet, September 2023 An international exhibition marking the centenary of Ireland joining the League of Nations formed the centrepiece of the National Archives’ 2023 Commemoration Programme, and the conclusion of its formal engagement with the Decade of Centenaries. Working in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Royal Irish Academy (Documents on Irish Foreign Policy), the exhibition was developed for presentation in Laois,…

Henry Essex Edgeworth : Confessor of French King Louis XVI

July 26, 2020

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Henry Essex Edgeworth : Confessor of French King Louis XVI He was born in Edgeworthstown, County Longford, Ireland as the second child in a family of eight, four of whom died in infancy. His father was the third generation Church of Ireland rector of Edgeworthstown who with his family later converted to Roman Catholicism. His mother Martha Ussher is often referred to as a granddaughter of Archbishop Ussher but was in fact from a different branch of the family….