Podcast: the Ulster Plantation
John Dorney and Cathal Brennan discuss the colonisation and settlement of Ulster in the seventeenth century. First broadcast on the Irish History …
Book Review: Walfrid: A Life of Faith, Community and Football
By Dr Michael Connolly. Published by Argyle Books Reviewer, Barry Sheppard The connections between Glasgow Celtic Football Club and Ireland are well …
Hugh O’Neill and Nine Years War, 1594-1603
By John Dorney In the early part of the 16th century the English Tudor monarchs had embarked on a project to bring …
Sixteen Glasgow Volunteers in the Irish Revolution
The story of sixteen Glasgow based Irish Volunteers 1916-1923. By Thomas Tormey At Easter 1916 sixteen members of the Glasgow unit of …
The Jacobite-Williamite War – An overview
The War between King James and King William in 1689-91, that decided the fate of Ireland. By John Dorney Every year on …
‘Solely in the earth and its fruits’ – Papal Encyclicals and Irish social policy in the 1930s
Barry Sheppard on how Catholic teaching helped to shape Irish social policy in the 1930s. The 1930s – the era of the …
Women and the Achill Mission Colony
Protestant women missionaries on Achill island in the 19th century. By Patricia Byrne. (A version of this article was presented at the Heinrich …