Review: The Belfast Blitz: The People’s Story
The Belfast Blitz: The People’s Story Stephen Douds Blackstaff Press, 2011 Reviewer: Eoin Purcell The Belfast Blitz is an enjoyable and interesting …
Book Review: Terence MacSwiney The Hunger Strike that Rocked an Empire
Terence MacSwiney The Hunger Strike that Rocked an Empire Dave Hannigan The O’Brien Press, 2010 Reviewer: William Butler While Dave Hannigan’s book …
Book Review: Turning Points in Twentieth Century Irish History
Turning Points in Twentieth Century Irish History Editor; Thomas E. Hachey Irish Academic Press, 2011 Reviewer: John Dorney Simply put, this is …
The Irish VC, An Alternative Narrative Of Irish History
John Dennehy looks at the impact of one man on Irish life during World War One. The British assault on the Turks …
The Home Front – Dublin and World War I
Padraig Yeates, author of, ‘A City in Wartime’, a new book on Dublin during the First World War, talks about the impact the war …
Ellen MacCarthy – The Survivor
John Dorney looks at the life of Ellen MacCarthy, who survived the Tudor conquest of Gaelic Ireland. And her marriage. It is …
Perspectives on the Easter Rising – Part III, Aftermath
In this third and final part of our audio feature on the 1916 Rising, John Dorney talks to historians Padraig Yeates and …