‘Glorious Madness’ – The Life and Death of Michael O’Rahilly
By John Dorney Friday April, 29 1916. The General Post Office in Dublin, occupied on the Monday as the headquarters of …
‘Up us!’ – The launch of the Kilmainham Gaol graffiti website.
John Dorney reports on the launch of a new initiative to document the graffiti left by political prisoners at Kilmainham Gaol in …
Programme of Lectures on the Irish Revolution, The People’s College, Spring 2014.
Announcing a series of Lectures to be held by the People’s College in the Spring of 2014. All lectures will be in the …
Connections across the North Channel: Ruaraidh Erskine and Irish Influence in Scottish Discontent, 1906-1920
How Scottish Gaelic revivalist and nationalist Ruaraidh Erskine was radicalised by Padraig Pearse and Irish nationalism. By Patrick Witt. Nearly a century after the 1801 …
Body and Soul of the nation – Early 20th century Irish nationalism and Zionism
In an earlier article Aidan Beatty looked at the shared history of Irish nationalism and Zionism, and how activists in both movements …
The Easter Rising in County Wexford
The republican tricolour flew for a week over Enniscorthy in 1916, this article recalls these little known events. By John Dorney County …
Today in Irish History, April 30, 1916, The Surrender in the Easter Rising
Over April 29th to May 1, 1916 the rebels of the Easter Rising surrendered. This is an adapted extract from John Dorney’s The Story of the …