The British Government proclaimed the Dail, the Sinn Fein organisation, and later the Gaelic League as illegal bodies, but this produced no effect. Meetings were held " in secret," but really with the full knowledge of large numbers of persons, probably often also with that of the police, who had no desire to incur risks by a display of zeal. The lot of these men was indeed not an enviable one. In many parts of the country they hardly dared to venture ... Read More

Above: Miniature of Ship Building The shipbuilding industry of Derry dates back to the early part of the 19th century. At first the industry was confined to the repairing of vessels, the greater number of which was at that time, built of oak. The methods in use were rather primitive, and excavating a site along the slob, into which, at high tide, the vessel was drawn, and there left high and dry, carried out dry ... Read More