Hair Cutting and Women in the War of Independence
By Margaret Ward As a result of the disturbing addition to the War of Independence exhibition at Collins Barracks of the remnants …
Book Review: Birth of the Border: The Impact of Partition in Ireland
By Cormac Moore Published by Merrion Press, 2019 Reviewer: John Dorney This year, 2020, marks 100 years since the passing of the …
‘Taking Matters into their own hands’ – The Ulster Special Constabulary
By John Ó Néill The recent controversy over a planned state commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) showed a fairly loose …
Book Review: Fearless Woman: Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, Feminism and the Irish Revolution
By Margaret Ward, Published by UCD Press, 2019 Reviewer: Evan Comerford On the second day of the Rising in 1916, Hanna and …
The Black and Tans and Auxiliaries – An Overview
By Seán William Gannon The recent public controversy over the planned state commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) revealed widespread confusion …
Commemorating 1920 in 2020 – the Perils of Reconciliation
By John Dorney The coming year 2020, is a hundred years since the real start of the Irish War of independence. In …
Ruth Russell in Revolutionary Ireland
By Mark Holan On Jan. 17, 1920, six months after he arrived in America to promote the Irish republic, Éamon de Valera …