The General Strike against Militarism, Ireland April 1922
By John Dorney On December 6 1921, the Anglo Irish Treaty was signed, setting up the Irish Free State. The deal, falling …
The Italian arms importation scheme, 1920-1921
How the clandestine Irish Republic attempted to buy arms from Italian ultra-nationalist leader Gabriele D’Annunzio. By Jack Traynor As the guerrilla campaign …
Podcast: Dublin in the War of Independence with Liz Gillis and James Brady
John Dorney speaks to Liz Gillis and James Brady about the IRA in Dublin city and County during the Irish War of …
Book Review: Recovering an Irish Voice from the American Frontier: The Prose Writings of Eoin Ua Cathail
Edited by Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna, Published by: Denton TX: University of North Texas Press, 2021) Reviewer: Aidan Beatty John Cahill/Eoin Ua …
Some Thoughts on the Truce – 100 Years On
By John Dorney Today, July 11, 2021, marks 100 years since the final day of the Irish War of Independence. A Truce, …
Book Review: Ballymacandy, The Story of Kerry Ambush
By Owen O’Shea Published by Merrion Press, 2020 ISBN 9781785373879, Reviewer: Thomas Earls Fitzgerald Irish history writing is often a site of …
The Irishmen who fought with Custer at the little Big Horn
By John Joe McGinley The battle of Little Big Horn, also known to the Lakota Sioux and other Native Americans as …