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The Irish Civil War

Book Review: From Pogrom to Civil War, Tom Glennon and the Belfast IRA

Title: From Pogrom to Civil War, Tom Glennon and the Belfast IRA Author: Kieran Glennon ISBN: 978-1-78117-146-2 Price: €19.99 (Cheaper from the …

Written by: John_Dorney on 18 April, 2013.

Book Review: The Flame and the Candle – War in Mayo 1919-1924

By Dominic Price. Collins Press 2012 Reviewer: John Dorney Local studies of revolutionary Ireland are now coming out thick and fast as …

Written by: John_Dorney on 26 March, 2013.

Book Review: Sligo.The Irish Revolution 1912-23

By Michael Farry Four Courts Press, 2012 Reviewer: John Dorney This new book on county Sligo’s experiences in the upheaval of 1912-23 …

Written by: John_Dorney on 16 December, 2012.

Free State troops fire on the Four Courts. Did British gunners also bombard it?

British Military Involvement in the Irish Civil War

By John Dorney In recent weeks, (November 2012) there has been a flurry of controversy over the recovery, in the Imperial …

Written by: John_Dorney on 25 November, 2012.

Pro-Treaty troops on the Leitrim-Sligo border in July 1922.

Report on Irish Civil War Conference, Drogheda, September 2012

Cathal Brennan reports from the John Boyle O’Reilly Autumn School conference on the Irish Civil War On the 16th of September John …

Written by: Cathal Brennan on 21 September, 2012.

The Irish Civil War – A brief overview

John Dorney lays out the need-to-know facts about the Irish Civil war of 1922-23. For more detailed articles see, The Irish Story, …

Written by: John_Dorney on 2 July, 2012.

The Irish Story Archive on the Irish Civil war

This month (July 2012) sees the 90th anniversary of the start of the Irish Civil War in July 1922. This is an …

Written by: John_Dorney on 2 July, 2012.