Book Review: The Dublin Docker: Working Lives of Dublin’s Deep-Sea Port
By Aileen O’Carroll and Don Bennett Published by Irish Academic Press, 2017. Reviewer: Jim Dorney Dockers were a significant part of …
Civil War casualties in County Tipperary
By John Dorney The death toll of the Irish Civil War remains one of the least studied but most remarked upon questions …
The Battle at South Dublin Union, 1916
The battle at South Dublin Union was some of the most close-quarters and brutal fighting of Easter Week. By John Dorney The …
Weapons of the Irish Revolution, Part II, The War of Independence 1919-21
By John Dorney. See Part I, Weapons of the Irish Revolution 1914-16 here. Conventionally, the conflict known as the Irish War of …
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 …
Today in Irish History, November 28 1920 – The Kilmichael ambush
John Dorney on a famous, bloody action in West Cork during the Irish War of Independence On the 21st of November 1920, …
Book Review: The Fall of Dublin by Liz Gillis
Book Review: The Fall of Dublin by Liz Gillis Mercier, 2011 Reviewer: John Dorney Liz Gillis’s new book, the …