‘Trampling the rights of a free people’: Coercion in Nineteenth Century Ireland
By John Dorney According to the Republican historian Dorothy MacArdle, in the 19th century Ireland was governed, ‘almost continuously since the Act …
‘Without Law or Justice’: Class conflict in the Irish border counties 1920-23.
How social strife accompanied the Irish revolution in the north midlands region. By John Dorney. At a meeting of evicted tenants at …
1888: An American Journalist in Ireland Meets Michael Davitt & Arthur Balfour
By Mark Holan American journalist William Henry Hurlbert traveled to Ireland in 1888 to report on “the social and economical conditions of …
Nora’s Sorrow – The Murder of John Foran, 1888
The murder of a ‘land-grabber’ and the Land War in Kerry. By Mark Holan A thunderstorm swept across Pittsburgh in the early …
Book Review: Aspects of Irish Aristocratic Life: Essays on the FitzGeralds and Carton House
Aspects of Irish Aristocratic Life: Essays on the FitzGeralds and Carton House Edited by Terence Dooley, Patrick Cosgrove and Karol Mullaney-Dignam Published …
‘Progress and Poverty’ – Henry George and Land Reform in modern Ireland
Barry Sheppard on the unlikely influence of an American radical on land reform in Ireland over the 19th and 20th centuries. …
‘The Irish National Invincibles, The Phoenix Park Killings and their Times.’
Report on the Conference Organised by Shane Kenna, Dublin, May 16th, 2013. By John Dorney. You can read a longer article by …