Podcast: The Orange Order and the Twelfth of July
John Dorney and Cathal Brennan of the Irish History Show discuss the history of the Orange Order and the Twelfth of July. …
Book Review: The Quest for the Irish Celt: The Harvard Archaeological Mission to Ireland, 1932–1936
By Mairead Carew Published by: Irish Academic Press, 2018. Reviewer:Timothy Ellis Every now and then, it does historians good to take a …
‘An invaluable lesson and example to Ireland’ – Grundtvig, the Danish folk movement and Ireland
The influence of the Danish ‘folk high school’ movement in 1930s Ireland. By Barry Sheppard. The early decades of Irish independence have …
Book Review: Proclaiming a Republic: Ireland, 1916 and the National Collection,
By Darragh Gannon (with contributions by Sandra Heise, Brenda Malone and Pádraig Clancy) Published by Irish Academic Press, (Newbridge, Co. Kildare: 2016) …
The 1798 Rebellion – a brief overview
An overview of the insurrection of 1798, by John Dorney. The 1798 rebellion was an insurrection launched by the United Irishmen, an …
The Great Irish Famine 1845-1851 – A Brief Overview
By John Dorney. See our other overviews here. The Great Famine was a disaster that hit Ireland between 1845 and about 1851, …
Reconsidering Irish fatalities in the First World War
by Jason Myers. The relationship between Ireland and the First World War is a fascinating one. New angles and discoveries continue to …