The SPARK 36 DIGITAL ISSUE

The SPARK is a local history review for the border region and North West of Ireland, published in print since 1991 for Counties Leitrim, Sligo, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Fermanagh and Tyrone on both sides of the Northern Ireland border. Issue 36 has stories about the Irish Boundary Commission; Sligo and the Great War; Enniskillen's Impartial Reporter (1825-2025); Sligo Independent (1855-1962); Romanesque Architecture of County Cavan; Church of Ireland parochial association; Benedict Kiely and poetry by PJ Kennedy.

The SPARK 36 is a 57-page colour review, the 36th issue of the publication and the first digital issue.

Authors in this issue are Jack Johnston, Martin Maguire, Paul Clements, Daragh Moller, Garrett Carr, Dermot Maguire, PJ Kennedy, Helen Meehan, Simone Hickey, Séan Corr, Christopher Kirk, Sean Beattie, Rebecca Hunter, Noel Regan.

The full list of stories covered: Border arts at Borderculture.net; Last Stop by PJ Kennedy; The Irish Boundary Commission in Fermanagh (1924-25); John Gregsten and the Impartial Reporter (1825-2025); The Sligo Independent (1855-1962); Benedict Kiely: How the Irish border and the Troubles resonate in his work; Sligo and the Great War: We Brought Our Men Home (1914-1918); Belturbet Bob – Cavan horse sees action in 1915; Royal Commission Visits County Leitrim (1907); The Corporation of Monaghan in 1833; George Montgomery - James 1 of England’s “Black Irish Bishop”; Hidden in Plain Sight: Romanesque Architecture of County Cavan; The Church of Ireland parochial association; Townland Atlas of Ulster; The Post Offices of County Cavan; Monica de Wichfield: A Remarkable Life; A Cold Eye: Notes from a Shared Island (1989-2024), Carlo Gebler; Taunagh Church, Riverstown.