Cathal Brennan and John Dorney interview historian Spencer Jones on the Boer War in South Africa of 1899-1902. First broadcast on the Irish History Show. The Boer War was the British Empire’s crushing of the Afrikaaner Republics in South Africa. It was a war that affected Ireland profoundly, with Irish …
Interview with Gareth Prendergast by John Dorney and Cathal Brennan on his book ‘Clear Hold Build’ How the Free State won the …
John Dorney and Cathal Brennan speak to Vincent Altman O’Connor and Neil Davison about Albert Altman, the possible real life inspiration for …
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss the trace war between Ireland and Britain in the 1930s. First broadcast on the Irish History …
By Gareth Prendergast Published by Eastwood Books, Dublin 2025 Reviewer: John Dorney The Irish War of Independence has attracted a certain …
John Dorney interview Padraig O Ruairc on his new book Burn Them Out, A History of Fascism and the far right in …
By Aaron Ó Maonaigh On 4 May 1934 the contemporary press reported that Thomas ‘Tom’ Barry, ‘one of the most famed and …