‘The Green Frame of British Rule?’ – Irish in the Indian Civil Service
By Seán William Gannon In British-ruled India, a few tens of thousands of British administrators and soldiers ruled over between 2 to …
The Cattle Drives of 1920: Agrarian Mobilisation in the Irish Revolution
By Terry Dunne In 1925 Clare was bedecked with posters bearing what we might think of as a fiery revolutionary message. They …
Bloody Sunday 1920 Revisited
By John Dorney Today, November 21, 2020, is 100 years since the events known as ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Dublin in 1920. Over …
Podcast: Ireland and the Middle East in the British Empire
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss the parallels between Ireland the British ruled Middle East after the First World World War. First …
Book Review: Kevin Barry, An Irish Rebel in Life and Death
By Eunan O’Halpin Published by Merrion Press, 2020 Reviewer: John Dorney Kevin Barry, aged 18, was hanged in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin …
Remembering Patrick O’Donnell: The Man who Avenged the Invincibles
By John Joe McGinley Patrick O’Donnell from the parish of Gaoth Dobhair in County Donegal was hanged at New Gate prison on …