Belfast Republicans and the Treaty Split of 1922 – Part 1
By Kieran Glennon Just as in the rest of Ireland, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Belfast was split by the …
‘Ireland and the World Stand Appalled’: The Limerick Curfew Murders, 1921
By Seán William Gannon Late on a March night in 1921, as Limerick city slept under a military curfew, armed and masked …
Gloved sparring on the big stage: touring exhibitions of boxing in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Ireland.
In devotion to that durable fighter, that faithful companion, Jack Ashton. By Ray Esten A vibrant boxing scene existed in Ireland in …
Podcast: The Civil War Memory Project with Criostóir MacCárthaigh
An interview with Criostóir MacCárthaigh on THE CIVIL WAR MEMORY PROJECT: An oral history project in association with the National Folklore Collection …
Book Review: Birth of a State, The Anglo-Irish Treaty
By Liam Weeks and Micheál O Fathartaigh Published by Irish Academic Press, 2021 ISBN:9781788551595 Reviewer: John Dorney Readers in Ireland (and many …
Podcast: Irish Wise guys with John Joe McGinley
John Dorney speaks to author John Joe McGinely about the Irish American ‘mob’ or organised crime from the 19th century to the …
Fight for a Pension; John O’Sullivan’s fight for recognition
By Martin Harkin Martyrdom is held most dearly in Irish Republicanism. From Wolfe Tone to Bobby Sands, hundreds if not thousands of …