British Military Involvement in the Irish Civil War
By John Dorney In recent weeks, (November 2012) there has been a flurry of controversy over the recovery, in the Imperial …
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 execution of the “Drumboe Martyrs”, 14 March 1923
Kieran Glennon tells the story of the four Republicans executed in Donegal in 1923, by among others, his grandfather. Four Republicans, …
Book Review: The Battle for Cork, July-August 1922
The Battle for Cork, July-August 1922 By John Borgonovo, Mercier 2011 Reviewer: John Dorney On August 8 1922, 450 Free State soldiers …
The 1926 IRA campaign against Moneylenders.
Rhona McCord remembers the summer when the IRA in Dublin went to war against money-lenders – a campaign tainted with allegations of anti-semitism. …
March 1923 – The Terror Month
March 1923, the penultimate month of the Irish Civil War, saw some of its most brutal acts. John Dorney looks at what …
Brian Hanley on Fianna Fail
Historian Brian Hanley talks to John Dorney about the rise and fall of Fianna Fail in the wake of the February 2011 …