‘Dan of the Feathers’
A look at the legend and reality of Donal ‘of the feathers’ MacCarthy, by Chevalier William F.K. Marmion, M.A. After 400 years …
James Fitzgerald at Kilmallock – The Protestant Reformation fails in Ireland
Kilmallock 1600. An episode of the failure of the Protestant Reformation in Ireland. By John Dorney In the summer of 1600, …
War and Famine in Ireland, 1580-1700
This article on famine in Irish History looks at how war provoked famine and massive population loss and aided conquest in early …
The MacCarthys and the Nine Years War in Munster. 1595-1603
The Nine Years saw the final conquest of Gaelic Ireland by the Elizabethans. John Dorney looks at how it affected one powerful …
Election Day – 1613
John Dorney looks at the election and meeeting of the first majority-Protestant Parliament in Irish history, in 1613. The Irish Parliament dated back …
Padraig Lenihan and the 17th Century in Ireland
In our discussion of 20th century Irish nationalism, we often talk about Irish nationalism springing from the Irish Catholic identity – a …