John ‘Old Smoke’ Morrissey the man who ordered the death of Bill ‘the Butcher’ Poole.
By John Joe McGinley One of the most famous characters who inhabited the violent landscape of the Five Points Irish enclave …
Podcast: The Desmond rebellions
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss the Desmond rebellions of the late sixteenth century in Munster First broadcast on The Irish History …
The Tunnellers of Mountjoy,1923
By Christopher Lee. In 1923, after days of heavy rain the ground around the Mountjoy Prison blocks became sodden. An armoured car …
Podcast: The General Election of 1923
In August 1923 the Irish Free State had its first general election after the Irish Civil War. Cathal Brennan and John Dorney …
Book Review: The Military Archives: A History
By Daniel Ayiotis Published by Wordwell Books, 2022 Reviewer: Daniel Murray How much work goes into the making of an archive? Rather …
Podcast: The Army Mutiny of 1924
In the aftermath of the Irish Civil War, a section of disgruntled officers in the National Army of the Irish Free State …
Book Review: A People Under Siege – The Unionists of Northern Ireland, from Partition to Brexit and Beyond
By Aaron Edwards Published by Merrion Press, 2023 Reviewer: Kieran Glennon The titles of recent books examining unionism are instructive, Susan …