Bankruptcy, Bailouts and Brass Money – The 17th century origins of modern state finances
Historian Harman Murtagh talks to John Dorney about the origins of taxation, sovereign debt, state bankruptcy and representation in 17th century Europe. …
Election Day – 1613
John Dorney looks at the election and meeeting of the first majority-Protestant Parliament in Irish history, in 1613. The Irish Parliament dated back …
Writing Irish History – The Four Masters and Their World
John Dorney takes a look at the Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute’s online exhibition on 17th century Irish Historians. Why do people write history? …
The 1641 Depositions go online
John Dorney reports from the launch of the 1641 Depositions online at Trinity College Some time in the winter of 1641, Anne …
Today in Irish History – First Day of the 1641 Rebellion, October 23
~1641~ John Dorney looks at the outbreak of one of the bloodiest and most tragic rebellions in Irish history -the 1641 Rebellion. …
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 …
Book Review: God’s Executioner
Patrick Fresne reviews God’s Executioner, by Michael O Siochru – an account of the devastating English Parliamentarian Conquest of Ireland in 1649-1653. …