The 2016 Rising centenary: What did it all mean?
By John Dorney The year 2016 marked the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising. At the start of the year I wrote …
Book Review – Crossfire, The Battle of the Four Courts 1916
By Paul O’Brien, New Island 2012. Reviewer: John Dorney This book, the latest in Paul O’Brien’s series about the battles of Easter …
The North King Street Massacre, Dublin 1916
Sixteen civilians were shot or bayoneted to death by soldiers from the South Staffordshire regiment during the Easter Rising. By John Dorney.(Updated …
Perspectives on the Easter Rising, Part II – Combat
In this second part of our audio feature on 1916, John Dorney talks to historians Padraig Yeates and Fearghal McGarry about the reality on …