Edition 259 of Century Ireland with all the news from 100 years ago.
The main stories include:
Post Civil War Recovery - calls for prisoner releases and road works to improve conditions further
Dublin, 25 June 1923
With the Free State administration reporting that conditions have greatly improved in Cork and Kerry and that there has been a return to more normal social and economic activities, various demands have been made in recent days for anti-treaty prisoner releases and for investment in road schemes to speed up the post Civil War recovery.
Photo: National Library of Ireland, HOGW 38
Choice facing Irish voters is not between Free State and Republic, de Valera says
Republicans might contest for seats but oath of allegiance is a non-runner
Dublin, 18 June 1923
The choice facing voters in the next general election will not be between the Free State and a Republic, Mr Eamon de Valera has told reporters.
Photo: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540
Catholic Church leaders offer support to Governor General during visit to Viceregal Lodge
Governor General predicts coming age of 'happiness' for a reunited Ireland
Dublin, 21 June 1923
Representatives of the Catholic hierarchy in Ireland yesterday visited the Viceregal Lodge in Dublin’s Phoenix Park where they held a meeting with the Governor General.
Photo: Irish Life, July 1923
Minister says Free State has no need for "elaborate embassies" and some overseas entertainment had been an "absolute scandal"
Dublin, 25 June 1923
The Irish Free State government has no interest in developing ‘elaborate Embassies’ abroad and its approach to foreign affairs will be determined by the need to ensure ‘value for...money.’
Photo: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540
Roundwood reservoir opens to secure Dublin water supply
Wicklow, 20 June 1923
Almost twenty years after work on it commenced, a new reservoir at Roundwood, Co. Wicklow has today been officially opened. The new reservoir, built at a cost of £250,000, will serve as an auxiliary to the Vartry reservoir and will be a vital supply of water to the city of Dublin.
Photo: National Library of Ireland, L_ROY_00523
Two years late, but Dublin footballers finally crowned All-Ireland champions at Croke Park.
Dublin, 17 June 1923
It was a case of better late than never for the Gaelic footballers of Dublin who were yesterday crowned as the All-Ireland champions of 1921 at Croke Park.
Photo: GAA
Wife of Tammany Hall’s Richard ‘Boss’ Croker did not poison his mind against children, Dublin Court decides
Dublin, 16 June 1923
A legal row over the dying wishes of ex-Tammany Hall political leader, Richard ‘Boss’ Croker, has ended in a Dublin High Court. Croker had been born in Cork and rose to public prominence in New York. He returned late in life to Ireland where he lived in Glencairn in Sandyford and bred racehorses.
Photo: Irish Life, July 1923
National army officers erect cross in honour of Michael Collins at ambush site
Cork, 22 June 1923
A small wooden cross has been erected at the site of the killing of the late Michael Collins. The former revolutionary, Minister and Commander in Chief of the National Army was shot dead in an ambush at Béal na mBláth in his native Cork in August 1922 in the early weeks of the Civil War.
Photo: Irish Independent, 27 June 1923
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