The Desmond Rebellions Part II, The Second Rebellion, 1579-83
The second part of a two part article on the fall of the House of Desmond and the apocalyptic destruction of the …
The Desmond Rebellions Part I, The First Rebellion, 1569-73
The first part of a two part article on the fall of the House of Desmond. BY John Dorney Not far outside …
Book Review: The Irish Civil War and Society, Politics Class and Conflict
By Gavin Foster Published by Palgrave MacMillan, London 2015 Reviewer: John Dorney Irish history is often inward looking, almost navel gazing, obsessed …
Sieges and Shootings: The decline of the RIC in Westmeath, 1920
Daniel Murray looks at how a combination of political pressure, resignations and armed attacks by the IRA undermined the Royal Irish Constabulary …