Al Smith, the man who wanted to be president but helped build the Empire state building instead.
By John Joe McGinley As President Joe Biden whose ancestors hail from Ballina in Co Mayo and the Cooley Peninsula in Co …
Book Review: Walfrid: A Life of Faith, Community and Football
By Dr Michael Connolly. Published by Argyle Books Reviewer, Barry Sheppard The connections between Glasgow Celtic Football Club and Ireland are well …
Violence against women in Belfast, 1920-22 – part 1: Killing and lethal violence
By Kieran Glennon Between July 1920 and October 1922, at least 499 people lost their lives in the city of Belfast due …
The Dead of the Belfast Pogrom – Addendum
By Kieran Glennon Introduction Since the original The Dead of the Belfast Pogrom article was written, further research has been carried out …
Book Review: Without a Dog’s Chance, The nationalists of Northern Ireland and the Boundary Commission 1920-25
By James Cousins, Published by Irish Academic Press, 2020 ISBN:9781788551021 Reviewer: John Dorney As the centenary of the Anglo-Irish Treaty approaches, …
Podcast: The 1641 Rebellion
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss the start of the great convulsion of mid seventeenth century Ireland. First broadcast on the Irish …
Book Review: Antrim – The Irish Revolution, 1912-23
By Brian Feeney Published by Four Courts Press 2021 Reviewer: Kieran Glennon Before it was even published, this book had re-defined …