The IRA’s War on Public Entertainment – The Amusements Order of 1923.
How the anti-Treaty IRA forbade ‘public amusements’ at a ‘time of national mourning’. By John Dorney On the morning of April 20, …
Dr Shane Kenna, a tribute.
By John Dorney It was with the deepest regret that I learned on Tuesday February 28 of the death of our good …
Book Review: Charlie One, The True Story of an Irishman in the British Army and His Role in Covert Counter-Terrorism Operations in Northern Ireland
By Seán Hartnett Published by Merrion Press, 2016 Reviewer: Daniel Murray Special ops memoirs can be a crapshoot in terms of …
The Northern Ireland Conflict 1968-1998 – An Overview
In the latest in our series of overviews, a summary of ‘The Troubles’, by John Dorney The Northern Ireland conflict was a …
The Invincibles and the Phoenix Park killings
Shane Kenna tells the story of the militant underground Fenian group – The Invincibles of the 1880s and their assassination of the Chief Secretary …
Today in Irish History, The Burning of the Custom House, 25 May 1921
A famous act of symbolic destruction by the IRA in Dublin during the War of Independence, but also a military disaster for …
Book Review: Terror in Ireland 1916-1923
Terror in Ireland 1916-1923. Edited by David Fitzpatrick Lilliput Press, 2012 Reviewer: John Dorney The purpose of terror, Lenin once said …