Coney Island had a slow evolution in the late 1800s, followed by a sudden flourish between 1895 and 1905. Indeed, so dramatic was the explosion that it is tempting to think of Coney Island as a ...

Coney Island is located off the coast of Co Sligo ... Sadly, the island's population has fallen drastically in recent decades. In the mid 1800's, 124 people lived on the island but now just ...

The masterminds behind Coney Island's Luna Park, Frederic Thompson and Skip Dundy, were hardly plausible candidates for revolutionizing the notion of pleasure. And yet that is exactly what they did.