The Manchester martyrs: From last letters to lasting legends
By Mark Holan On 22 November 1867, Co. Cork native William P. Allen wrote his last letter “this side of the grave” …
‘Spies and informers beware!’: IRA executions of alleged civilian spies during the War of Independence 1919 -1921.
By Padraig Og O Ruairc The ‘intelligence war’ was undoubtedly one of the most important military aspects of the Irish War of …
Book Review: After the Rising: Soldiers, Lawyers and Trials of the Irish Revolution,
By Seán Enright Published by: Irish Academic Press (2016) Reviewer: Daniel Murray Thomas Traynor was charged with murder on the 6th April …
Thinking about Violence in the Irish Civil War
John Dorney on the logic of violence in the Irish Civil War, based on research for his forthcoming book on the Civil …
“Don’t tell your mother or I’ll kill you.” The murder of baby William Holden, 1923.
Colm Wallace tells the story of a shocking crime in rural Kilkenny in April 1923. After the Civil War finished the Irish …
The Ellis Quarry Killings
Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc on the debate on a controversial killing on the last day of the Irish War of Independence. On …
Book Review: Judging W.T. Cosgrave
Judging W.T. Cosgrave by Michael Laffan Published by Royal Irish Academy Press, Dublin 2014 Reviewer: Daniel Murray Judging W.T. Cosgrave is the …