Book Review: Proclaiming a Republic: Ireland, 1916 and the National Collection,
By Darragh Gannon (with contributions by Sandra Heise, Brenda Malone and Pádraig Clancy) Published by Irish Academic Press, (Newbridge, Co. Kildare: 2016) …
The People’s College remembers 1916
The Irish Story in association with the People’s College is proud to present a series of 8 historical lectures focusing on the …
Book Review: 1916: Ireland’s Revolutionary Tradition
1916: Ireland’s Revolutionary Tradition By Kieran Allen. London: Pluto Press, 20 January, 2016 Reviewer: Aidan Beatty. Kieran Allen’s new study of the Irish …
The Irish Story Top Posts of 2013
So another year comes to a close. We’d like to thank all our contributors and readers over the past year. Below is …
‘Let it be Under our Thumb’ – the History of the Seanad
A brief history of the Irish Senate, By John Dorney. In a recent (October 2013) referendum, the Irish electorate voted not to …
The Rabble and the Republic
John Dorney looks at how the Irish separatist movement interacted with the population of the Dublin slums during the years of the Great War …
The Mother and Child Scheme – The role of Church and State.
Rhona McCord takes a fresh look at the clash of ideologies and interests in the Irish state over the Mother and Child …