Book Review: The Quest for the Irish Celt: The Harvard Archaeological Mission to Ireland, 1932–1936
By Mairead Carew Published by: Irish Academic Press, 2018. Reviewer:Timothy Ellis Every now and then, it does historians good to take a …
The Emergency – A Brief Overview
A short history of Ireland during the Second World War, by John Dorney. The Second World War was the defining event of …
Book Review: Party Politics in a New Democracy: The Irish Free State, 1922-37
By Mel Farrell. Pp xiv, 332, Published by Palgrave Macmillan. 2017. illus. Cham, Switzerland & London;€93.59. Reviewer: Timothy Ellis A good …
Podcast: Assassination and Execution, Ireland December 1922
Cathal Brennan interviews John Dorney on the assassination of Sean Hales and the reprisal executions of Rory O’Connor, Dick Barret, Lam Mellow …
Revisiting the Red Cow Murders, October 7, 1922
New evidence on a disturbing killing during the Irish Civil War. By John Dorney. On October 7 1922, in the middle of …
‘Infectious piousness’ – Advertising and the Eucharistic Congress, 1932
When consumerism and Catholicism collided in 1932. By Barry Sheppard June of 2017 marked the 85th anniversary of the 31st International …
Michael Collins: The Dictator?
Was Michael Collins the founder of Irish democracy or an aspirant dictator? By John Dorney People invest a lot in Michael Collins. …