Colliding worlds? Shane the Proud and the advance of the Tudors in Ireland
By John Dorney In 1562, Shane O’Neill, lord of the powerful O’Neill dynasty in Ulster, arrived at the Court of Queen Elizabeth …
The Strange History of the term ‘Tory’ in Ireland
By John Dorney In a famous scene of James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’, set in turn of the twentieth century Dublin, the protagonist Stephen …
Today in Irish History, 31 July 1922 – Harry Boland is killed
By John Dorney On July 31, 1922, men in the green uniform of the Irish Free State entered the Grand Hotel, in …
The Dalkey column – An Irish Civil War Story
By John Dorney, based on his new book, The Civil War in Dublin 1922-1924. South east Dublin has, since the railways of …
Today in Irish History, 28 June 1922, the First Day of the Irish Civil War
John Dorney on the first day of the Irish Civil War, an adapted extract from his forthcoming book, The Civil War in …
Book Review: Heroes of Jadotville: The Soldiers’ Story by Rose Doyle
Published by New Island Books, Dublin, 2016 ISBN: 978-1848404885 Reviewer: Gordon O’Sullivan “If you have been killed you have a …
Interview with Declan Power on the Siege of Jadotville, Part 2
The first part of the this interview of Declan Power by John Dorney deals with the Congo crisis of 1960-61, the UN-Katanga …