Executions during the Irish Civil War
By John Dorney On the morning of November 17 1922, the mother of John Gaffney, an anti-Treaty IRA member and 21 year …
The Media War: Robert Erskine Childers in West Cork
By Anthony Barrett An important aspect of the Irish Civil War was the use of propaganda in the media by both sides …
Betrayal or breakthrough? Arthur Griffith, the Boundary Commission and an unsigned memorandum
By Colum Kenny ABSTRACT: The interpretation of certain events in London on the weekend of 12–13 November 1921 is central to any …
Book Review: Spiritual Wounds, Trauma, Testimony and the Irish Civil War
By Siobhra Aiken, Published by Irish Academic Press, 2022 Reviewer John Dorney ISBN:9781788551663 The Irish Civil War (1922-23) which formed the …
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 Rise and Fall of the Dáil Courts, 1919-1922
By John Dorney The Republican or Dáil Courts were one of the signal achievements of the Irish nationalist revolution of 1919-21. Across …
A Civil War as a sort of side-show? Partisan politics in the Irish Free State and the Eucharistic Congress of 1932
Barry Sheppard on a moment in Irish history when national and religious identity appeared mired in political conflict. In 1932 Dublin was …