The life and death of IRA Volunteer Michael McInerney (1899-1921)
By Sam McGrath An impressive Celtic cross is the focal point of the Republican Plot in Deansgrange Cemetery, South Dublin. Unveiled in …
The Burning of Cork: December 11-12, 1920
The Auxiliaries burn out the centre of Cork city in reprisal for an IRA ambush. By John Dorney On the morning of …
Weapons of the Irish Revolution, Part II, The War of Independence 1919-21
By John Dorney. See Part I, Weapons of the Irish Revolution 1914-16 here. Conventionally, the conflict known as the Irish War of …
The Irish Story Archive on the Irish War of Independence
The Irish War of Independence was a guerrilla conflict, conventionally said to have lasted from 1919-1921. It resulted in the independence of …
The Irish War of Independence – A Brief Overview
Continuing with our series of overviews and following the Overview of the Easter Rising and the Overview of the Irish Civil War, John Dorney tells the essential story …
Today in Irish History, The Burning of the Custom House, 25 May 1921
A famous act of symbolic destruction by the IRA in Dublin during the War of Independence, but also a military disaster for …
Book Review: The Black & Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920 -1921
Padraig Óg Ó Ruairc reviews The Black & Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920 -1921. By …