“De Valera’s other Ireland?” The Irish Free State and Scottish nationalism, 1922-39
By Timothy Ellis. Over the summer, as I was working in an archive, I found a rather interesting cartoon. It depicted a …
‘God’s Battle’: O’Duffy’s Irish Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
The Irish unit that fought for Franco in 1936-37. By John Dorney In late 1936, a young unemployed Dubliner, Seamus MacKee, was …
Interview: Joe Connell on Michael Collins
John Dorney talks to historian Joe Connell about Michael Collins. We talk about: Collins’ military and political abilities. How his charismatic personality …
The Killurin ambush 1922 and the Civil War in Wexford
The Killurin train ambush, July 1922 and the outbreak of civil war in County Wexford. By Aaron Ó Maonaigh The Irish Civil …
‘To extinguish their sinister traditions and customs’ – the historic bans on the legal use of the Irish and Welsh languages
By Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc. Constitutionally both Wales and Northern Ireland are considered part of the integral and sovereign territory of the …
Book Review: The Impact of the Troubles on the Republic of Ireland 1968-1979, A Boiling Volcano?
By Brian Hanley Published by Manchester University Press, 2018 Reviewer: John Dorney All of us who grew up in the south of …
Hazelwood House during the Emergency Years
By Terence O’Reilly “Officers and other ranks are drafted in and soon begin to take a pride in their new unit; …