Today in Irish History -The Shooting of Tomás MacCurtain, March 20, 1920
The assassination of the Lord Mayor of Cork, March 20, 1920. By John Dorney Early in the morning of March 20, 1920, …
The Border Counties in the Irish War of Independence, 1918-21
By John Dorney The Irish War of Independence, the guerrilla conflict that raged from 1919-21, varied hugely in intensity across the country. …
Book Review: Dublin’s Great Wars
Dublin’s Great Wars, The First World War, The Easter Rising and the Irish Revolution By Richard Grayson Published By Cambridge University Press, …
Ireland and the First World War – A Brief Overview
By John Dorney Ireland throughout the First World War of 1914-1918 was an integral part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain …
Deliberate Amnesia? The Irish Volunteers’ plan to assassinate the British Cabinet, 1918.
The plan to wipe out the British government in 1918 and the subsequent attempt to forget it ever existed. By Fergus O’Farrell …
Sixteen Glasgow Volunteers in the Irish Revolution
The story of sixteen Glasgow based Irish Volunteers 1916-1923. By Thomas Tormey At Easter 1916 sixteen members of the Glasgow unit of …
Book Review: John Redmond: Selected Letters and Memoranda, 1880-1918.
Edited by Dermot Meleady Published by Irish Academic Press, 2018. Reviewer: Diarmuid Bolger John Redmond, the Wexford-born leader of the Irish Parliamentary …