The Rise and Fall of the Dáil Courts, 1919-1922
By John Dorney The Republican or Dáil Courts were one of the signal achievements of the Irish nationalist revolution of 1919-21. Across …
Book Review: From Partition to Brexit: The Irish Government and Northern Ireland
ISBN: 978-1-5261-3295-6 By Donnacha O Beacháin Published by Manchester University Press (2018) Reviewer: Aaron Ó Maonaigh The spectre of Brexit hangs over …
Today in Irish History – August 22, 1922 – Béal na Bláth, The Shooting Of Michael Collins
The death of Michael Collins, by John Dorney. On a country road in West Cork, on August 22 1922, a convoy of …
Airbrushed out of history? Elizabeth O’Farrell and Patrick Pearse’s surrender, 1916.
Michael Barry, author of ‘Courage Boys We are Winning’, a photographic history of the 1916 Rising, examines a famous image to see …
The ‘Bridges Job’ – Dublin, August 5-6 1922
John Dorney on a disastrous operation by the IRA in Dublin during the Irish Civil War. On the early morning of …
Book review: Kildare Barracks
Kildare Barracks: From the Royal Field Artillery to the Irish Artillery Corps By Mark McLoughlin Published by Merrion, Sallins, 2014 ISBN: 9781908928474 …
Robert Emmet, the 1803 Proclamation of Independence and the ghost of 1798
Maeve Casserly examines the thinking of Robert Emmet, architect of the 1803 rebellion. In 1803 in Dublin, Robert Emmet and a small …