Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss the Government policy of execution during the Civil War of 1922-23. See also this article on the subject. First broadcast on the Irish History Show. http://irishhistoryshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CivilWarExecutions.mp3 We discuss: The precedent for the use of the death penalty for ‘political crimes’ in British …
By Mark Holan American suffragette, feminist, and author Doris Stevens wrote a profile of Sinéad de Valera in summer 1921 that was sympathetic …
By Conor Mulvagh Published by Irish Academic Press Reviewed by Eoin O’Driscoll On Saturday 17th December 2022, Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar …
by Owen O’Shea Merrion Press, Newbridge 2022. ISBN97817835374333 Reviewer: Thomas Earls Fitzgerald In the summer of 1922 Free State army commanders Michael …
Happy New Year to all Irish Story reader and contributors. These are our most read articles of the year just gone, 2022. …
By Dr Michael Connolly. Published by Argyle Books Reviewer, Barry Sheppard The connections between Glasgow Celtic Football Club and Ireland are well …
By Simon Jenkins Profile Books Ltd, 2022 Reviewer: Patrick Fresne The word ‘Celt’ is a potent attention-grabber in the English-speaking world, and …