‘They killed idealism in my soul’ – the end of the Irish Civil War
John Dorney If the Irish revolution began arguably with the Home Rule crisis of 1912-13, or perhaps with the Easter Rising of …
Book Review: Homeward Bound, Return Migration from Ireland and India at the End of the British Empire
By Niamh Dillon Published by New York University Press, 2022 Reviewer: Sean William Gannon Niamh Dillon’s new book Homeward Bound compares …
The Irish Defence Forces in the 1930s – Holding Pattern
By Eoin Kinsella By the time Fianna Fáil took office in March 1932 (supported by the Labour Party), the storm clouds of …
Belfast’s Lost 1798 Burial Ground
Belfast witnessed a series of public executions of United Irishmen, but where were their remains buried? This article explores the handful of …
Podcast: Liam Lynch with Gerard Shannon
It is now 100 years ago that Liam Lynch, head of the anti-Treaty IRA was killed. Here we discuss lynch’s life and …
The death of Thomas Keating: A Civil War Killing in Waterford
By David Prendergast On April 11th 1923, Thomas Keating, the 30-year-old guerrilla commandant of the Waterford IRA 2nd Battalion, was trekking through the …
Book Review: Rewriting the Troubles, War and Propaganda in Ireland and Algeria
By Patrick Anderson Reviewer: Donal Hassett Published by Greenisland Press, 2022. ISBN-13: 978-3949573026 Patrick Anderson’s Rewriting the Troubles is engaging and frustrating …