Podcast: Commemorating the RIC
On this episode of the Irish History Show Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss the recent controversy over the planned commemoration of …
‘The Black and Tans in Palestine’ – Irish connections to the Palestine Police 1922-1948
By Seán William Gannon On the 30 April 1922, 760 recently disbanded members of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its Auxiliary …
Hair Cutting and Women in the War of Independence
By Margaret Ward As a result of the disturbing addition to the War of Independence exhibition at Collins Barracks of the remnants …
The Black and Tans and Auxiliaries – An Overview
By Seán William Gannon The recent public controversy over the planned state commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) revealed widespread confusion …
Commemorating 1920 in 2020 – the Perils of Reconciliation
By John Dorney The coming year 2020, is a hundred years since the real start of the Irish War of independence. In …
‘Cowardly, Cunning and Contemptible’ – The British campaign in Dublin, 1919-1921.
The British counter-insurgency campaign in Dublin 1919-1921. By John Dorney. A British Army private, J.P Swindlehurst, stationed in Dublin from January …
Guerrilla Days in Kerry, an interview with Thomas Earls Fitzgerald
Thomas Earls Fitzgerald, who has been researching the Irish Revolution in County Kerry, talks to John Dorney of the Irish Story about …