Book Review: The Battle for Cork, July-August 1922
The Battle for Cork, July-August 1922 By John Borgonovo, Mercier 2011 Reviewer: John Dorney On August 8 1922, 450 Free State soldiers …
Today in Irish History,the Anglo-Irish Treaty is Signed, 6 December 1921
On December 6, 1921, a Treaty was signed between Irish and British negotiators that determined the shape of 20th century Ireland. This is …
Today in Irish History, Bloody Sunday, 21 November 1920
November 21, 1920. A day of bloodshed in Dublin marked the escalation of the Irish War of Independence. By John Dorney. See …
Audio documentary: Wellington Barracks in the Irish Civil War
An audio documentary on a corner of the Irish Civil War, around Wellington Barracks, South Circular Road, Dublin in 1922. Readers of …
The Member for Mayo
Jane Stanford writes about John O’Connor Power one of Irish Nationalism’s less well-remembered characters but one who in the 1870s and 1880s …
Medieval Moated Sites In Ireland
In this essay Gearoid Phelan explores the Medieval moated sites in Ireland. (See also The Castle in the Lordship of Ireland) The …
Book Review: The Black & Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920 -1921
Padraig Óg Ó Ruairc reviews The Black & Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920 -1921. By …