The First Battle for the Marrowbone, Belfast 1920
By Gus McKendry This article is an attempt to examine and analyse the events on the night of 28th and the early …
Wikipedia, the Black and Tans, and the ‘R.I.C. Special Reserve’
By David Leeson Who were the Black and Tans? According to Wikipedia: ‘The Black and Tans (Irish: Dúchrónaigh) were constables recruited into the Royal Irish Constabulary (R.I.C.) as …
‘Ireland and the World Stand Appalled’: The Limerick Curfew Murders, 1921
By Seán William Gannon Late on a March night in 1921, as Limerick city slept under a military curfew, armed and masked …
Book Review: The Black and Tans: A Complete Alphabetical List, Short History and Genealogical Guide
By: Jim Herlihy Published by: Four Courts Press, Dublin 2021 Reviewed By: Seán William Gannon Jim Herlihy is hugely respected amongst historians …
Some Thoughts on the Truce – 100 Years On
By John Dorney Today, July 11, 2021, marks 100 years since the final day of the Irish War of Independence. A Truce, …
‘A Fiend in Human Shape’? The Life and Crimes of Thomas D. Huckerby
By Seán William Gannon The behaviour of the Black and Tans, the mostly British recruits into the Royal Irish Constabulary in 1920-21, …
Today in Irish History, 23 March 1921 – The Scramogue Ambush
By Thomas Tormey On 23 March 1921, Spy Wednesday, a combined force of the North Roscommon and South Roscommon Brigades launched a …