The sinking of HMS Wasp, 1884 – A curse, sabotage or human error?
By John Joe McGinley In September 1884, a royal navy gunboat, on route to carry out an eviction sunk off the coast …
The life and death of Black Jack Adair, the mastermind of the Derryveagh Evictions
By John Joe McGinley It is often said that everyone is well thought off when they die, but there is one man …
The Great Irish Famine 1845-1851 – A Brief Overview
By John Dorney. See our other overviews here. The Great Famine was a disaster that hit Ireland between 1845 and about 1851, …
Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh -The Limbless Landlord
Brian Igoe looks at the career of an extraordinary 19th century landlord and his times. This is a summary of the little …
Book Review: Captain Rock – The Irish Agrarian Rebellion of 1821-1824
Captain Rock – The Irish Agrarian Rebellion of 1821-1824 By James S. Donnelly, Jr. University of Wisconsin/ Collins Press, 2009. Reviewer: John Dorney …