The Plantation of Ulster: A Brief Overview
By John Dorney The Plantation of Ulster was the project by the English monarchy to colonise the northern province of Ireland with …
Podcast: the Ulster Plantation
John Dorney and Cathal Brennan discuss the colonisation and settlement of Ulster in the seventeenth century. First broadcast on the Irish History …
The Irish Volunteers of the Eighteenth Century: Successfully Importing the Gun into Irish politics.
By Ruairi Nolan The Volunteers of the eighteenth century were a group which embodied a rising Irish nationalism which predated that which …
Podcast: The Nine Years War
Podcast with Cathal Brennan and John Dorney, first broadcast on the Irish History Show. Following on from our show on the Desmond …
Podcast: The Desmond rebellions
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss the Desmond rebellions of the late sixteenth century in Munster First broadcast on The Irish History …
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 …
Browsing the 1641 depositions
An examination of an online primary source on the 1641 rebellion. By John Dorney The 1641 rebellion was a Catholic uprising that …