Today in Irish History, The Death of Bessie O’Brien, Dublin, 21 June 1921
By Thomas Tormey It is perhaps unsurprising that the death of Elizabeth O’Brien has gone relatively unremarked upon by historians of the …
Today in Irish History, 23 March 1921 – The Scramogue Ambush
By Thomas Tormey On 23 March 1921, Spy Wednesday, a combined force of the North Roscommon and South Roscommon Brigades launched a …
Sixteen Glasgow Volunteers in the Irish Revolution
The story of sixteen Glasgow based Irish Volunteers 1916-1923. By Thomas Tormey At Easter 1916 sixteen members of the Glasgow unit of …