Book Review: A City in Turmoil, Dublin 1919-1921
A City in Turmoil, Dublin 1919-1921 By Padraig Yeates Gill & Macmillan, 2012. Reviewer: John Dorney Padraig Yeates’ history of Dublin …
The Irish War of Independence – A Brief Overview
Continuing with our series of overviews and following the Overview of the Easter Rising and the Overview of the Irish Civil War, John Dorney tells the essential story …
The Curious Career of Herbert Moore Pim
Cathal Brennan looks at the eccentric political career of Herbert Moore Pim, Quaker, Catholic, Republican, loyalist, fascist, bohemian and occult fiction writer. Herbert …
Today in Irish History,the Anglo-Irish Treaty is Signed, 6 December 1921
On December 6, 1921, a Treaty was signed between Irish and British negotiators that determined the shape of 20th century Ireland. This is …
Audio documentary: Wellington Barracks in the Irish Civil War
An audio documentary on a corner of the Irish Civil War, around Wellington Barracks, South Circular Road, Dublin in 1922. Readers of …
Peter Hart and the Dunmanway killings controversy
John Dorney looks at one of the most heated debates in modern Irish history. In April of 1922, during the period of …
George Lennon: A Different Kind Of Irish Hero
Terence O’Reilly, author of a number of books on Irish History including Hitler’s Irishmen and Rebel Heart, looks briefly at the life …