By Brian Hanley During October 1946 the Fine Gael TD and former Longford IRA leader Seán MacEoin received an appeal for help. It came from one of his former comrades, 42-year old David Tormey from Moate, Co. Westmeath. Tormey had served in the IRA and then spent over a decade …
Interview by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney with Chris Mullin and Michael Flavin. First broadcast on the Irish History Show. On 21 …
By John Dorney Coolattin estate, located in southern County Wicklow, once sprawled across nearly half of the county, taking in thousands of …
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney inteview Edward Burke about his new book Ghosts of a Family on the McMahon murders in Belfast …
Interview with Aidan Beatty on his new book ‘The Party is Always Right’, the Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism’, …
An anniversary podcast with Cathal Brennan and John Dorney, celebrating the 100the episode of the Irish History Show. Many thanks to all …
By Michael Barry The Spanish Armada was a hugely important event in world history. In this article I begin by giving a …