Today in Irish History, April 24, 1916, The First Day of the Easter Rising
John Dorney tells the story of one of the most celebrated days in Irish history. An introduction to the Rising is here. …
Things Fall Apart – The Dublin riot of February 2006
A personal recollection of the riot in Dublin on February 25, 2006. By John Dorney. In early 2006, a group of northern …
Four Bloody Sundays
In the wake of the Saville Report on the events in Derry in 1972, John Dorney looks at the place of “Bloody …
Class War in Dublin – The Lockout of 1913
In our second interview with Padraig Yeates, author of Lockout: Dublin 1913, we talk about the most bitter and iconic strike in …