Major-General Patrick Ronanye Cleburne: Cork’s Confederate General
By Ray Esten Patrick Royanye Cleburne was one the most revered military leaders of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War. …
Using the gloves to turn a shilling or a crown: gloved sparring in the late eighteenth to mid- nineteenth century
A history of gloved exhibition boxing in Ireland. By Ray Esten In devotion to Simon Byrne and his kin -the battling kind …
Scrapping: The Early Years – Dublin Boxing in the late 18th and early 19th centuries
By Ray Esten In memory of Darren Sutherland, a life too short Rebirth We often assume that modern boxing has its origins …