Book Review: Migration and the Making of Ireland
By Bryan Fanning Published by UCD Press, 2018 Reviewer: Barry Sheppard. This new work by Bryan Fanning, Professor of Migration and …
The Eleven Years War 1641-52 – A Brief Overview
John Dorney lays out the essential facts on the war of 1641-52 -a war that pitted Catholic against Protestant, Royalist against Parliamentarian, …
The Enduring Question of the Irish Famine: The Third Annual International Famine Conference
By Barry Sheppard. Even though we who have more than a passing interest in Irish history find ourselves in the middle of …
Book Review: Reshaping Ireland 1550-1700, Colonisation and its Consequences
Book Review: Reshaping Ireland 1550-1700, Colonisation and its Consequences Edited by Brian Mac Cuarta Four Courts Press, 2011 Reviewer: John Dorney The …
Padraig Lenihan on contesting Irish history
This is an interview with early modern historian Padraig Lenihan on the writing of Irish history from the 16th century down to …
An Irishman in Exile, Florence MacCarthy in London, 1601-1640.
John Dorney writes of Gaelic aristocrat Florence MacCarthy’s imprisonment and the Anglicisation of Munster. 1601-1640. You can read about Florence MacCarthy’s life …
The Irish Language, Part I: Decline
In this, first part of a new audio series, we look at the decline of the Irish language from the Tudor Conquest …