Ireland and the Anglo-Zulu War, 1879
By John Dorney On January 22, 1879, under a mountain named Isandlwana, a Zulu force, some 20,000 strong attacked a British military …
Lord George Hill, Improving landlord or cruel ‘Lord of the Soil’?
The modernising Irish Landlord who married not one but two nieces of Jane Austen. By John Joe McGinley Lord George Augusta …
Canon James McFadden – The fighting priest of Gweedore
By John Joe McGinley Canon James McFadden was a man of deep faith who fought for the rights of his parishioners against …
1888: An American Journalist in Ireland Meets Michael Davitt & Arthur Balfour
By Mark Holan American journalist William Henry Hurlbert traveled to Ireland in 1888 to report on “the social and economical conditions of …
Book Review: Mr Parnell’s Rottweiler
Mr Parnell’s Rottweiler – Censorship and the United Ireland Newspaper, 1881-1891 by Myles Dungan Irish Academic Press, 2014 Reviewer: Barry Kennerk In …
‘The Irish National Invincibles, The Phoenix Park Killings and their Times.’
Report on the Conference Organised by Shane Kenna, Dublin, May 16th, 2013. By John Dorney. You can read a longer article by …
Book Review – The Civic Guard Mutiny
Title: The Civic Guard Mutiny Author: Brian McCarthy Publisher: Mercier Press Date of Publication: 2012 ISBN: 978-1-78117-045-8 Price: €14.99 Reviewer: Cathal Brennan The …