Opinion: Remembering World War I in Ireland
An opinion piece on Ireland, the Great War and its memory. By John Dorney. For more articles on WWI and Ireland see …
The Siege of Tralee, November 1 – 9, 1920.
John Dorney on an ugly cycle of reprisals in Kerry in the War of Independence. On 31 October 1920, the Sinn Fein Lord …
The Easter Rising in County Wexford
The republican tricolour flew for a week over Enniscorthy in 1916, this article recalls these little known events. By John Dorney County …
Book Review: Rebels – Voices from the Easter Rising
Rebels – Voices from the Easter Rising By Fearghal McGarry, Penguin Ireland, 2011. Reviewer: John Dorney There is and always has …
Today in Irish History, April 26, 1916, The battle at Mount Street Bridge
In an adapted extract from, The Story of the Easter Rising, John Dorney describes the bloody fighting at Mount Street Bridge during …
‘Slaves or Freemen?’ Sean McDermott, the IRB and the psychology of the Easter Rising
Sean McDermott has been described as, “the mind behind the Easter Rising”. He wrote that he was “never so happy” as when …
Book Review: The Story of the Easter Rising, 1916
Cathal Brennan reviews the first in the Irish Story’s Story of series, The Story of the Easter Rising, 1916 by John Dorney. …