‘One skilled scientist is worth an army’ – The Fenian Dynamite campaign 1881-85
Shane Kenna delves into the background of the Fenian bombing campaign in England in the 1880s. What they aspire to and what …
Medieval Moated Sites In Ireland
In this essay Gearoid Phelan explores the Medieval moated sites in Ireland. (See also The Castle in the Lordship of Ireland) The …
The Castle in the Lordship of Ireland, 1177-1310
Joanna Pierce looks at the importance of castles in consolidating the Norman presence in medieval Ireland. “The establishment of the new English …
Book Review: Unlikely Rebels – The Gifford Girls and the Fight for Irish Freedom
Unlikely Rebels The Gifford Girls and the Fight for Irish Freedom is a well written account of the role which the Gifford sisters
Book Review: God’s Executioner
Patrick Fresne reviews God’s Executioner, by Michael O Siochru – an account of the devastating English Parliamentarian Conquest of Ireland in 1649-1653. …