Eunan O’Halpin on the Dead of the Irish Revolution
We interview Professor Eunan O’Halpin on the project, ‘The Dead of the Irish Revolution’ – which seeks to determine, for the first …
Today in Irish History, Roundup at Midnight Mass, 24 December 1922
A short seasonal tale of the Irish Civil War in Kerry. By John Dorney. Curragheen, County Kerry, Christmas Eve, 1922. Twenty two …
Today in Irish History, Bloody Sunday, 21 November 1920
November 21, 1920. A day of bloodshed in Dublin marked the escalation of the Irish War of Independence. By John Dorney. See …
Book Review: The Black & Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920 -1921
Padraig Óg Ó Ruairc reviews The Black & Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920 -1921. By …
Peter Hart and the Dunmanway killings controversy
John Dorney looks at one of the most heated debates in modern Irish history. In April of 1922, during the period of …
Book Review: Unlikely Rebels – The Gifford Girls and the Fight for Irish Freedom
Unlikely Rebels The Gifford Girls and the Fight for Irish Freedom is a well written account of the role which the Gifford sisters
Today in Irish History, The Truce, 11 July 1921
John Dorney remembers the last day of the Irish War of Independence