Nora’s Sorrow – The Murder of John Foran, 1888
The murder of a ‘land-grabber’ and the Land War in Kerry. By Mark Holan A thunderstorm swept across Pittsburgh in the early …
The Battle at South Dublin Union, 1916
The battle at South Dublin Union was some of the most close-quarters and brutal fighting of Easter Week. By John Dorney The …
The 1830 Limerick Food Riots
Poverty, inequality, and food riots in Limerick City in the 1830s. By Liam Hogan. The 1830s were an especially desperate time for …
Commemorating the Easter Rising Part II 1945-2006
The conclusion of a two-part article. By John Dorney The Easter Rising of 1916 was supposed to be a unifying national symbol; …
Book review: Fighting Irish – The Irish Regiments in the First World War
By Gavin Hughes, Published by Merrion Press Reviewer: Kieran Glennon This is a book of ambitious scale. Most studies of Ireland’s …
‘The Mad Dance of Death’: The Ulster Protestant Association in Belfast, 1921-22
Loyalist paramilitaries and the birth of the Northern Irish state. By Michael C. Rast In late 1921, a Belfast police officer …
Book review: Irish Rebel: John Devoy and America’s fight for Irish independence
By Terry Golway Irish Academic press 2015. Reviewer: Ruairí Ó hAodha Terry Golway is a prominent US political commentator, who in this …