The life and death of Black Jack Adair, the mastermind of the Derryveagh Evictions
By John Joe McGinley It is often said that everyone is well thought off when they die, but there is one man …
‘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 …
The Great Irish Famine 1845-1851 – A Brief Overview
By John Dorney. See our other overviews here. The Great Famine was a disaster that hit Ireland between 1845 and about 1851, …
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 …
The Illies and its environs in the 19th Century
Gearóid Mac Lochlainn on life in ‘Illies’ area of north Donegal in the 19th century. The Illies is a rural area …
Nineteenth Century Landlords of Greater Buncrana
The19th Century Landlords of Greater Buncrana (The Civil parish of Lower Fahan) by Gearoid Mac Lochlainn. Finley Dun, who in 1879 after …
Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh -The Limbless Landlord
Brian Igoe looks at the career of an extraordinary 19th century landlord and his times. This is a summary of the little …