Revisiting Three Historical Paintings by Jack B. Yeats Patricia Curtin Kelly looks again at three famous paintings depicting the Irish Revolution. Irish artist Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957) is perhaps best …
Opinion: Did the Easter Rising kill Home Rule? By John Dorney It is often argued that the Easter Rising of 1916 killed the compromise settlement of Home Rule, derailed political …
Book Review: The GAA & Revolution in Ireland 1913-1923. Gearoid O Tuathaigh, editor Collins Press, Cork 2015. Reviewer: Barry Shepperd Now that we have collectively entered that all-important and much discussed …
1916 Book Reviews – The Easter Rebellion A New Illustrated History and According to Their Lights, Irishmen in the British Army, Easter 1916. The Easter Rebellion 1916 A New Illustrated History By Conor McNamara, Published by The Collins Press, Cork 2015 Reviewer: John Dorney With …
Travelling the Same Road? Arthur Griffith & The IRB, pre-1916 Gerard Shannon on Arthur Griffith’s long and often tortuous relationship with the Irish Republican Brotherhood up to 1916. By 1905, the journalist …
Gallipoli and the Irish home front Fionnuala Walsh on the impact the terrible Irish losses at Gallipoli in 1915 had back in Ireland. On the 25th of April …
Weapons of the Irish Revolution – part I 1914-16 In the first of a three part series, John Dorney looks at how ‘ the gun re-entered Irish politics’ and how they …
