Book Review: Witches, Spies and Stockholm Syndrome – Life in Medieval Ireland
By Finbar Dwyer Published by New Island Press, 2013 Reviewer: John Dorney Medieval Ireland is a world that is lost to …
A Report of the Athlone Irish Civil War Conference 23 November 2013
John Dorney reports on the Old Athlone Society’s Conference on the Irish Civil War, held in Custume Barracks Athlone, November 23 1923. …
Remembering the Lockout
Remembering the Dublin Lockout, one hundred years on. By John Dorney The Lockout of 1913, the great strike that brought Dublin …
Ireland and the great flu epidemic of 1918
John Dorney takes a look at the great killer in Ireland in 1918-19, not political violence or the Great War, but the …
General Michael (Miguel) Marmion, the Spanish Army and the Irish ‘Wild Geese’
Chevalier William F.K. Marmion, M.A. tells the story of his search for his ancestor and the Irish soldiers of Spain. …
The IRA and the Emergency – An interview with Brian Hanley
John Dorney caught up with Brian Hanley to discuss the IRA during the Emergency (World War II). Click on the Link …
Making Money in Dublin, 1500-2000
John Dorney reports from a conference on money-making in the Irish capital. The Conference was organized by Trinity College Dublin and …