Historical Perspective | Stories from the scrap
Excellent and well deserved review for Raids & Rallies by Ernie O’Malley that Mercier Press have re-jacketed and released in a new edition: Raids …
Historical Perspective | How lies about Irish barbarism in 1641 paved way for Cromwells atrocities | World news | guardian.co.uk
Smashing piece on the 1641 Depositions, which John Dorney wrote about here: Hearsay evidence and bible-inspired testimony inflamed popular fears about the …
Historical Perspective | Irish aviation disasters since 1940s
The Irish Independent looks at the crashes and disasters in Irish air transport history. Sad, tragic but compelling: April 15, 1948 30 …
Historical Perspective | Masked Raiders: Irish Banditry in Southern Africa (1880-99
Fascinating book from the sound of this review: Few of these desperadoes would be remembered except for their criminal exploits, but other …
Review: Eamon de Valera, 1882-1975: Irish Catholic Visionary by Anthony J. Jordan – Books, Entertainment – Independent.ie
An interesting review from John Paul McCarthy: Anthony Jordan has put his finger on a very important component of Eamon de Valeras …
Historical Perspectives | Maritime Tales: Story of the Banshee – built in Liverpool as a blockade runner in the American Civil War
For sure not very linked to Ireland, but a fascinating story all the same! BANSHEE – named after the Irish spirit said …
Author owns up to errors in IRA Cork deaths book
Keen to hear more of this, Padraig is of course the same one as the Padraig who occasionally writes pieces on The Irish Story! …