Book review: Power Play, the Rise of Modern Sinn Fein
By Deaglan de Breadun Published by Merrion, Dublin 2015 Reviewer: Jim Dorney The publication of this book is timely given the imminence …
Book review: Sean Murray – Marxist Leninist and Irish Socialist Republican
By Sean Byers Published by Irish Academic Press, 2015. Reviewer: Martin Flynn In the breadth of Irish historical study, at least that which …
IRISH REGIMENTS IN THE SPANISH ARMY OF FLANDERS
From 1587 until well into the 19th century, Irish regiments existed in Spanish military service. Here William Marmion gives a brief overview …
The Illies and its environs in the 19th Century
Gearóid Mac Lochlainn on life in ‘Illies’ area of north Donegal in the 19th century. The Illies is a rural area …
Gallipoli and the Irish home front
Fionnuala Walsh on the impact the terrible Irish losses at Gallipoli in 1915 had back in Ireland. On the 25th of April …
Nineteenth Century Landlords of Greater Buncrana
The19th Century Landlords of Greater Buncrana (The Civil parish of Lower Fahan) by Gearoid Mac Lochlainn. Finley Dun, who in 1879 after …
Reconsidering Irish fatalities in the First World War
by Jason Myers. The relationship between Ireland and the First World War is a fascinating one. New angles and discoveries continue to …