A Short History of the Hibernian Rifles 1912-1916
By Padraig Og O Ruairc Occasionally when reading about the Irish revolution 1913-1923 you come across fleeting references to Republican organisations …
Discussion of the Lockout
In episode eight of The History Show on Near FM, The Irish Story’s John Dorney and Cathal Brennan discuss the great Lockout …
The Easter Rising in County Wexford
The republican tricolour flew for a week over Enniscorthy in 1916, this article recalls these little known events. By John Dorney County …
Today in Irish History, April 30, 1916, The Surrender in the Easter Rising
Over April 29th to May 1, 1916 the rebels of the Easter Rising surrendered. This is an adapted extract from John Dorney’s The Story of the …
Perspectives on The Easter Rising, Part I – Rebels
In the first part of a series of audio features, we discuss aspects of the Easter Rising with historians. Here John Dorney …
The Easter Rising – A brief overview
John Dorney lays out the need-to-know facts of the Easter Rising. See also our overview series. The Easter Rising was an insurrection, …
A TV Pageant – The Golden Jubilee Commemorations of the 1916 Rising
Cathal Brennan looks at RTE’s commmorations of the 1916 Easter Rising in 1966. The 50th anniversary commemoration for the 1916 Rising was …