The assassination of the Lord Mayor of Cork, March 20, 1920. By John Dorney Early in the morning of March 20, 1920, armed men in disguises or with faces blackened with soot, banged on the front door of the MacCurtain family home in Blackpool, Cork city. The head of the …
By Conor McNamara Published by Irish Academic Press, 2019 Reviewer: Kerron Ó Luain It has been nearly half a century since iconic …
On this episode of the Irish History Show Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss the recent controversy over the planned commemoration of …
By Seán William Gannon On the 30 April 1922, 760 recently disbanded members of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its Auxiliary …
By John Dorney In the wake of the February 2020 Irish elections, former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams compared that party’s success …
By Caoimh Mulvany County Cork was the epicentre of guerrilla warfare in the Irish revolution; a storm that swept over the Provence …
By Cormac Moore One hundred years ago, Ireland was in the midst of violent strife surrounding the struggle for Irish independence. In …