‘Ireland and the World Stand Appalled’: The Limerick Curfew Murders, 1921
By Seán William Gannon Late on a March night in 1921, as Limerick city slept under a military curfew, armed and masked …
Book Review: Combatants and Civilians in Revolutionary Ireland 1918-1923
By Thomas Earls Fitzgerald Published by Routledge, London 2021 ISBN 978-0-367-33352-2 Reviewer: John Dorney Thomas Earls Fitzgerald’s book is a study of …
A Stroll Through Rebel Cork
By Dara Burke Picture the scene. Groups of armed men stalking Cork city, firing into the air, smashing shop windows, setting …
Book Review: The Black and Tans: A Complete Alphabetical List, Short History and Genealogical Guide
By: Jim Herlihy Published by: Four Courts Press, Dublin 2021 Reviewed By: Seán William Gannon Jim Herlihy is hugely respected amongst historians …
Today in Irish History, 23 March 1921 – The Scramogue Ambush
By Thomas Tormey On 23 March 1921, Spy Wednesday, a combined force of the North Roscommon and South Roscommon Brigades launched a …
Ambushes in the Irish War of Independence: Myth and Reality
By John Dorney Had it not been for the public health restrictions currently in force in Ireland (February 2021), there would be …
Podcast: Tom Barry and the Kilmichael ambush
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss Tom Barry and the Kilmichael Ambush of November 1920. First Broadcast on the Irish History Show. …