Podcast: Ireland and Ukraine with Nadia Dobrianska
Interview by John Dorney with Ukrainian scholar Nadia Dobrianska on the history of Ukraine and its parallels with Ireland. In the wake …
Treaties that Shaped the Course of Irish History
By John Dorney Today, December 6 2021, is 100 years since the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921. The Treaty or …
Attempts to gain Leon Trotsky asylum in the Irish Free State
By Jack Traynor Leon Trotsky was one of the most recognisable leaders of the Bolshevik Revolution in the international press, alongside Vladimir …
The Irish Story Top Ten articles 2020
Happy New Year to all Irish Story readers and contributors. It’s been an eventful year with world pandemic and a series of …
Podcast: Ireland and the Middle East in the British Empire
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss the parallels between Ireland the British ruled Middle East after the First World World War. First …
Podcast: Ireland in World War II with Joseph Quinn
John Dorney speaks to Joseph Quinn, a historian based at the UK National Archives to discuss Ireland’s role in the Second World …
Striking Against Colonialism: The General Strike in the Irish and Algerian Revolutions
By Dónal Hassett The recent Centenary of the Irish General Strike of 1920 has underlined the potential power of a movement that …