Book Review: The Irish Civil War, Law, Execution and Atrocity
By Sean Enright Published by Merrion Press, 2019 Reviewer: John Dorney Sean Enright is a retired barrister and judge and has …
Events in Terenure in the Irish War of Independence and Civil War
By John Dorney Terenure village, in south Dublin, grew up in the 19th century after a road was driven west from neighbouring …
The Rise and Fall of the Dáil Courts, 1919-1922
By John Dorney The Republican or Dáil Courts were one of the signal achievements of the Irish nationalist revolution of 1919-21. Across …
Casualties of the Irish Civil War in County Cork
Counting the cost of the Civil War in County Cork. By John Dorney This article is an attempt to count the fatal …
‘Without Law or Justice’: Class conflict in the Irish border counties 1920-23.
How social strife accompanied the Irish revolution in the north midlands region. By John Dorney. At a meeting of evicted tenants at …
Interview: Richard Grayson on ‘Dublin’s Great Wars’
John Dorney interviews Richard Grayson on his recent book Dublin’s Great Wars, which examines Ireland’s capital city’s experience both of the First …
‘A faithful soldier of the Republic’: The story of Jinny Shanahan
By John Dorney In 1916, during the Easter insurrection in Dublin city, a young Irish Citizen Army woman was one of party …