Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss the start of the great convulsion of mid seventeenth century Ireland. First broadcast on the Irish History Show. On October 23, 1641, a small group of Catholic rebels converged on Dublin and various fortified points in Ulster. They intended to seize power in Ireland, …
By Gerard Shannon On 10 April, 1923, Liam Lynch, IRA Chief-of-Staff, lay dying of bullet wounds in a public house in …
By Ray Esten Richard J. Daley (1902-1976), the long-time mayor Chicago, was variously described in Ireland as a proud representative of the …
By Kieran McNulty From late May to December 1920 the railway unions in Ireland took part in a national munitions strike, refusing …
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney interview Cian Harte, author of Heroes Or Traitors? Irish Deserters of WWII about Irish Army deserters in the …
By Daniel Finn, Published by: Verso Books, 2019 ISBN 978-1-78663-688-1 Reviewer: Brian Hanley The Irish Republican Army occupies a curious place …
By Jack Traynor Leon Trotsky was one of the most recognisable leaders of the Bolshevik Revolution in the international press, alongside Vladimir …