The Black and Tans and Auxiliaries – An Overview
By Seán William Gannon The recent public controversy over the planned state commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) revealed widespread confusion …
Book Review: Truce, Murder Myth and the last days of the Irish War of Independence
Review: Truce By Padraig Og O Ruairc Published by Mercier Press 2016 Reviewer: John Dorney This book is about the four days …
A Bitter Brotherhood: The War of Words of Séumas Robinson
Daniel Murray on Seumas Robinson’s re-telling of his War of Independence. See also Seumus Robinson’s War of Independence. A Man for all the …
Today in Irish History, November 28 1920 – The Kilmichael ambush
John Dorney on a famous, bloody action in West Cork during the Irish War of Independence On the 21st of November 1920, …
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 …
Never Lukewarm: Séumas Robinson’s War of Independence
Daniel Murray on Seumas Robinson, commander the IRA Third Tipperary Brigade in the War of Independence. The Third Man The Third Tipperary …
Book Review: Ground Truths, British Army Operations in the Irish War of Independence
Title: Ground Truths: British Army Operations in the Irish War of Independence Author: W.H. Kautt Publisher: Irish Academic Press, Dublin 2014 ISBN: …