Sir Charles McCarthy, from Wild Geese to West Africa
By John Dorney On 21 January 1824, Charles McCarthy, a British officer and Governor of the Sierra Leone and Gold Coast colonies, …
Podcast: James Hoban – Irish architect of the White House
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney interview Stewart McLauren of the White House Historical Association about James Hoban the Irishman who designed the …
Podcast: Anne Chambers on Peter Howe Browne, Lord Sligo: ‘the Great Leviathan’
Interview by John Dorney with Anne Chambers, the author ‘The Great Leviathan’, on Peter Howe Browne, the Marques of Sligo. First broadcast …
Major-General Patrick Ronanye Cleburne: Cork’s Confederate General
By Ray Esten Patrick Royanye Cleburne was one the most revered military leaders of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War. …