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The Irish War of Independence – A Religious War? Part III
23 August 2010 12:39 PM | 5 CommentsIn this concluding part of a three-part series, we talk about the results of the Irish Revolution and the partition of the country between North and South. Firstly, Fearghal McGarry strikes a cautionary note. Although we in Ireland might look back and shudder at political...
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The Irish War of Independence – A Religious War? Part II
16 August 2010 12:00 PM | 2 CommentsIn this second part of a three part audio feature, we look at the conduct of the War of Independence on the ground. Three historians discuss whether the War of Independence was really a sectarian or “ethnic” conflict as well as a national liberation struggle. War...
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The Irish War of Independence – A Religious War? Part I
16 August 2010 7:22 AM | 1 CommentIn this, the first part of a three part audio feature, we look at the hotly debated question of whether the Irish War of Independence was really a communal or sectarian conflict as well as a struggle for national liberation. We do not pretend that this series will...
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Book Review: The Story of the Easter Rising, 1916
Cathal Brennan reviews the first in the Irish Story’s Story of series, The Story of the Easter Rising, 1916 by John Dorney. The Story of the Easter Rising, 1916 by... -
Book Review: God’s Executioner
Patrick Frayne reviews God’s Executioner, by Michael O Siochru – an account of the devastating English Parliamentarian Conquest of Ireland in 1649-1653. God’s Executioner, Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of... -
Peter Hart – A Legacy
Peter Hart passed away in late July 2010, aged just 46. We here at The Irish Story extend our condolences to his family, partner and friends. Here, John Dorney tries to...
Today In Irish History
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Today In Irish History – Drumquin: The First Daylight Arms Raid In The Irish War Of Independence, 26 August.
Posted on August 26, 2010 | 2 CommentsIn this article, Liam O Duibhir, author of The Donegal Awakening, gives an account of the first ever daylight arms raid of the War of Independence which was carried out by the men of the North East Donegal brigade in their neighbouring county of Tyrone.... -
Today in Irish History – Béal na mBláth, The Shooting Of Michael Collins, 22 August.
Posted on August 22, 2010 | 2 Comments~1922~ Michael Collins casts a strange shadow over Irish history. On the one hand he was responsible for much of the successful guerilla and insurgent activity that brought Britain to the table, on the other, for hardline republican’s he betrayed the Republic in agreeing to... -
Today in Irish History -The Battle of the Boyne, July 12.
Posted on July 12, 2010 | 3 CommentsWe talk to military historian Padraig Lenihan, author of 1690: Battle of the Boyne, about the most famous Battle in Irish History. By John Dorney. Listen to Padraig Lenihan on “three inter-locking contexts” to the Battle, below. The context of the Battle of the Boyne The... -
Today In Irish History – Bianconi’s First Coach Service, 6 July
Posted on July 6, 2010 | No Comments~1815~ I never quite understood why we studied coaches at school. Perhaps it wasn’t explained properly or maybe I just wasn’t interested enough to listen properly but I never got the message. It seemed like a strange topic to spend time on, when battles and...
