Martin McGuinness 1950-2017
By John Dorney Martin McGuinness always cut a striking figure. From a youthful, blonde shaggy haired Provisional IRA commander in Derry in …
Book review: Power Play, the Rise of Modern Sinn Fein
By Deaglan de Breadun Published by Merrion, Dublin 2015 Reviewer: Jim Dorney The publication of this book is timely given the imminence …
Book review: Sean Murray – Marxist Leninist and Irish Socialist Republican
By Sean Byers Published by Irish Academic Press, 2015. Reviewer: Martin Flynn In the breadth of Irish historical study, at least that which …
What to do about the past?
John Dorney on the past, present and future of conflict resolution in Ireland. Some of us, upon some months ago, hearing of …
Historical Perspective – the first day of the 31st Dail
John Dorney looks at TDs’ evocations of history at the opening of the 31st Dail. The opening of the 31st Dail marked …
Brian Hanley on the IRA – Part II – The IRA at War
In this second of a two-part interview, John Dorney talks to historian of the IRA Brian Hanley about the armed campaigns waged by groups calling …
Brian Hanley on the IRA – Part I – Ideology
In the first of a two-part interview, John Dorney talks to Brian Hanley, author of The IRA A Documentary History, 1919-2005, about …