‘They were determined to obtain a sacrifice’: First Irish state executions of IRA members since the Civil War
By Gerard Shannon It was the night of 16 August 1940 and a worried Christy Quearney cycled through Dublin city’s southside. Quearney, …
‘A Fiend in Human Shape’? The Life and Crimes of Thomas D. Huckerby
By Seán William Gannon The behaviour of the Black and Tans, the mostly British recruits into the Royal Irish Constabulary in 1920-21, …
Podcast: Ireland the Anglo-Zulu War, 1879
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss the confrontation between the British Empire and the Zulu kingdom in 1879. We discuss the Irish …
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 …
Major-General Patrick Ronanye Cleburne: Cork’s Confederate General
By Ray Esten Patrick Royanye Cleburne was one the most revered military leaders of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War. …
The Battle of Tory Island – the last engagement of the United Irishman rebellion of 1798
By John Joe McGinley The last battle of the United Irishman-led rebellion of 1798 was not fought, by Irishmen or even on …
Ambushes in the Irish War of Independence: Myth and Reality
By John Dorney Had it not been for the public health restrictions currently in force in Ireland (February 2021), there would be …