By John Dorney Why was there a Civil War in Ireland in 1922-23? Why did those who had been comrades in pursuit of Irish independence over the previous four years begin killing each other over the Anglo-Irish Treaty? The short answer to this question is that irreconcilable differences over the …
By Terry Dunne In his 1923 memoir Lord Castletown gave us a standard conservative account of the spring of 1922 – “a …
Interview by John Dorney with Ukrainian scholar Nadia Dobrianska on the history of Ukraine and its parallels with Ireland. In the wake …
By John Gibney Was Sean McLoughlin the most senior surviving commandant of the Easter Rising? Given that independent Ireland was governed for …
By Terence O’Reilly In the cold pre-dawn hours of the 12th March 1946, the village of Dalkey was suddenly rocked by …
By Kieran Glennon Part one of this article (see here) analysed the initial reaction of the Belfast IRA to the Treaty …
By John Joe McGinley Bill Dwyer was one of a number of Irish American figures to rise to prominence through organised …