A Limerick riot
Brian Hanley looks at a riot in Limerick in 1935 At about 10.30pm on the 20th July 1935, a Saturday night, …
The Siege of Tralee, November 1 – 9, 1920.
John Dorney on an ugly cycle of reprisals in Kerry in the War of Independence. On 31 October 1920, the Sinn Fein Lord …
To Remember or Commemorate? Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc on the RIC Memorial
Opinion piece by Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc on the opening of a memorial to the Royal Irish Constabulary at Glasnevin Cemetery. Tens …
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,the Anglo-Irish Treaty is Signed, 6 December 1921
On December 6, 1921, a Treaty was signed between Irish and British negotiators that determined the shape of 20th century Ireland. This is …
Today in Irish History, The Truce, 11 July 1921
John Dorney remembers the last day of the Irish War of Independence
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, …