Today in Irish History, The Burning of the Custom House, 25 May 1921
A famous act of symbolic destruction by the IRA in Dublin during the War of Independence, but also a military disaster for …
The Blueshirts – fascism in Ireland?
This is a discussion on Near Fm’s History Show of the Blueshirts and fascism an anti-fascism in 1930s Ireland. Presented by Cathal Brennan …
Today in Irish History,the Anglo-Irish Treaty is Signed, 6 December 1921
On December 6, 1921, a Treaty was signed between Irish and British negotiators that determined the shape of 20th century Ireland. This is …
Today in Irish History, The Truce, 11 July 1921
John Dorney remembers the last day of the Irish War of Independence
The Anti-Jazz Campaign
Cathal Brennan looks at why Jazz music was once thought to be ‘the greatest danger to Irish civilisation.’ In the wake of …
Today in Irish History, April 30, 1916, The Surrender in the Easter Rising
Over April 28 to May 1, the rebels of the Easter Rising surrendered. This is an adapted extract from John Dorney’s The Story of the Easter …
Today in Irish History, April 26, 1916, The battle at Mount Street Bridge
In an adapted extract from, The Story of the Easter Rising, John Dorney describes the bloody fighting at Mount Street Bridge during …