
The Tunnellers of Mountjoy,1923
By Christopher Lee. In 1923, after days of heavy rain the ground around the Mountjoy Prison blocks became sodden. An armoured car …
By Christopher Lee. In 1923, after days of heavy rain the ground around the Mountjoy Prison blocks became sodden. An armoured car …
In August 1923 the Irish Free State had its first general election after the Irish Civil War. Cathal Brennan and John Dorney …
By Bryan MacMahon The promontory of Kerry Head featured prominently in the opening act of the 1916 Rising and in one of …
John Dorney If the Irish revolution began arguably with the Home Rule crisis of 1912-13, or perhaps with the Easter Rising of …
By David Prendergast On April 11th 1923, Thomas Keating, the 30-year-old guerrilla commandant of the Waterford IRA 2nd Battalion, was trekking through the …
By John Dorney It would have been difficult to convince members of the Irish Republican Army in July 1921, the time of …
By Karl O’Hanlon In February 1923, as the Civil War raged in Ireland, W.T. Cosgrave secretly met Irish peer Lord Granard and …