Review: Burning the Big House, the Story of the Irish Country house in Time of War and Revolution
By Terence Dooley Published by Yale University Press, New Haven 2022 Reviewer: John Dorney Terence Dooley has devoted much of his …
The Media War: Robert Erskine Childers in West Cork
By Anthony Barrett An important aspect of the Irish Civil War was the use of propaganda in the media by both sides …
The Cork Landings – August 8-10, 1922
On August 8 1922, pro-Treaty forces landed by sea in Cork, seizing the Free State’s second city from anti-Treaty forces. By John …
Betrayal or breakthrough? Arthur Griffith, the Boundary Commission and an unsigned memorandum
By Colum Kenny ABSTRACT: The interpretation of certain events in London on the weekend of 12–13 November 1921 is central to any …
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 …