Albert Cashier, the woman who fought as a man for the Union.
By John Joe McGinley There are over 400 documented cases of women disguising themselves as men to fight for both the Union …
Major-General Patrick Ronanye Cleburne: Cork’s Confederate General
By Ray Esten Patrick Royanye Cleburne was one the most revered military leaders of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War. …
‘Trampling the rights of a free people’: Coercion in Nineteenth Century Ireland
By John Dorney According to the Republican historian Dorothy MacArdle, in the 19th century Ireland was governed, ‘almost continuously since the Act …
The Fenians: An Overview
On the 150th anniversary of the Fenian Rebellion of 1867, John Dorney gives an overview of the Fenian movement. The word ‘Fenian’ …
Book review: Irish Rebel: John Devoy and America’s fight for Irish independence
By Terry Golway Irish Academic press 2015. Reviewer: Ruairí Ó hAodha Terry Golway is a prominent US political commentator, who in this …
THE PATTERSONS: AN IRISH FAMILY ODYSSEY
William Marmion on one family’s journey across continents and through Irish and American history in the 19th century. Major General Robert …
‘One skilled scientist is worth an army’ – The Fenian Dynamite campaign 1881-85
Shane Kenna delves into the background of the Fenian bombing campaign in England in the 1880s. What they aspire to and what …