The Dublin Brigade IRA 1917-1921
The evolution of the Irish Volunteers in Dublin during the Irish War of Independence. By John Dorney. After the Easter Rising of …
Policing Revolutionary Dublin 1919-1923
Crime and punishment during nationalist revolution in Dublin. By John Dorney The most obvious way the state enters our lives is when …
The ‘Bridges Job’ – Dublin, August 5-6 1922
John Dorney on a disastrous operation by the IRA in Dublin during the Irish Civil War. On the early morning of …
Attorney General versus Tom Barry: The Curious Tale of Tom and the Tommy Gun
By Aaron Ó Maonaigh On 4 May 1934 the contemporary press reported that Thomas ‘Tom’ Barry, ‘one of the most famed and …
The Economic War, 1932-38
By John Dorney In 2025, the world has once again become acutely aware of the use of tariffs as an instrument of …
When three American journalists visited ‘Paddy the Cope’ in Dungloe, 1919-1922
By Mark Holan Dungloe (An Clochán Liath) in County Donegal is 170 miles northwest of Dublin, about a three-and-a-half-hour drive today. The …
‘A bad fight, a disgraceful fight’, Tom Barry in the Civil War
By John Dorney Tom Barry was a most headstrong and abrasive young man in 1922. Aged 25, he had fought in both …