Today in Irish History, August 3 1916, Roger Casement is Executed A short article on Roger Casement. Executed today 100 years ago. By John Dorney Roger Casement, hanged on August 3, 1916 was …
Book Review: One Bold Deed of Open Treason: The Berlin Diary of Roger Casement 1914-1916 Edited by Angus Mitchell Published by Merrion Press, 2016, Reviewer: Daniel Murray In February 1916, Roger Casement was recovering near Munich from …
Book review: The lives of Daniel Binchy: Irish scholar, diplomat, public intellectual By Tom Garvin Publisher: Irish Academic Press, 2016 Reviewer: Ruairí Ó hAodha ‘Anyone can make history, only a great man can write …
Intelligence Failure or Conspiracy? How did the British let the 1916 Rising happen? Why did the British government in Ireland fail to prevent the Easter Rising? By John Dorney. In 1916 Britain was at war. …
The Greater War: Ireland and eastern Europe 1914-1922 John Dorney tries to fit Ireland’s experience of war and nationalist revolution into a wider European context. The First World War is …
The IRA and the Emergency – An interview with Brian Hanley John Dorney caught up with Brian Hanley to discuss the IRA during the Emergency (World War II). Click on the Link …
Today In Irish History – The Belfast Blitz, 15 April ~1941~ We tend, at least in the South, to think of Ireland as some kind of neutral island during the war. Indeed …
