The Irish Story Top Ten of 2021
Thanks to all of our writers contributors guest and readers of the past year. Below is a list of our top ten …
A Stroll Through Rebel Cork
By Dara Burke Picture the scene. Groups of armed men stalking Cork city, firing into the air, smashing shop windows, setting …
‘A fight to the finish’: The hunger strike of Michael Fitzgerald, 1920
By Gerard Shannon On 10 April, 1923, Liam Lynch, IRA Chief-of-Staff, lay dying of bullet wounds in a public house in …
Kerry and the 1920 Railway Munitions Strike: How workers defied an Empire.
By Kieran McNulty From late May to December 1920 the railway unions in Ireland took part in a national munitions strike, refusing …
Forgotten Charity Between Ireland and America, 1889 and 1921
By Mark Holan Media on both sides of the Atlantic rushed to report the story that connected Black ‘47 to COVID-19. When …
Book Review: The Black and Tans: A Complete Alphabetical List, Short History and Genealogical Guide
By: Jim Herlihy Published by: Four Courts Press, Dublin 2021 Reviewed By: Seán William Gannon Jim Herlihy is hugely respected amongst historians …
Book Review: The Time of the Tans: an oral history of the War of Independence in County Clare
By Tomás Mac Conmara, Published by Mercier Press, Cork, 2019 Reviewer: Aaron Ó Maonaigh Memory… is the diary that we all …