Book Review: The Battle for Cork, July-August 1922
The Battle for Cork, July-August 1922 By John Borgonovo, Mercier 2011 Reviewer: John Dorney On August 8 1922, 450 Free State soldiers …
March 1923 – The Terror Month
March 1923, the penultimate month of the Irish Civil War, saw some of its most brutal acts. John Dorney looks at what …
Today in Irish History – The Upton Ambush, February 15 1921.
On this day, in west Cork, in 1921, at least eleven people were killed in a vicious ten-minute firefight at Upton train station …
Book Reviews – Mercier’s Military History of the Irish Civil War Series
Mercier Military History of the Irish Civil War series The Battle for Limerick City by Padraig Og O Ruairc The Summer Campaign …
Who Shot Frank Lawlor? – Encounters with the Irish Civil War
John Dorney tries to make sense of a killing in December 1922 during the Irish Civil War The Irish Civil War was …