‘Defacing our Deliverer’, The history of the William of Orange statue in Dublin
By John Dorney College Green in Dublin city centre was once the centre of the Protestant Kingdom of Ireland. On one side …
The River Lee and the Republican Armoured Cars of the Irish Civil War
By Anthony Barrett When the artillery of the Provincial Government’s National Army opened fire on the Four Courts on the morning of the …
Violence against Women in Belfast, 1920-22 – Part 2
Kieran Glennon Part 1 of this article examined the first two of the forms of violence against women in the revolutionary period …
Violence against women in Belfast, 1920-22 – part 1: Killing and lethal violence
By Kieran Glennon Between July 1920 and October 1922, at least 499 people lost their lives in the city of Belfast due …
The Irish Civil War – A short military history
By John Dorney (See also the Irish Civil War a Brief overview) The Irish Civil War, the conflict between rival nationalist factions …
Book Review: Spiritual Wounds, Trauma, Testimony and the Irish Civil War
By Siobhra Aiken, Published by Irish Academic Press, 2022 Reviewer John Dorney ISBN:9781788551663 The Irish Civil War (1922-23) which formed the …
Owney ‘the killer’ Madden – Irish bootlegger who became the hotelier for the mob.
By John Joe McGinley Owen Vincent Madden, who would later be known as Owney ‘The Killer’ Madden, was either the deadly …