‘A bad fight, a disgraceful fight’, Tom Barry in the Civil War
By John Dorney Tom Barry was a most headstrong and abrasive young man in 1922. Aged 25, he had fought in both …
The Irish Story Top Ten Articles of 2024
Happy New Year to all! These are our top ten most read articles of 2024. Top Ten Articles The UCC Civil War …
Podcast: Irish Genealogy
https://irishhistoryshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Irish-Geneaology-Episode.mp3 On this episode of the Irish History Show we have combined five episodes of a podcast series we made for Timeline Research …
David Tormey: IRA Volunteer, Garda, Nazi.
By Brian Hanley During October 1946 the Fine Gael TD and former Longford IRA leader Seán MacEoin received an appeal for help. …
Podcast: The Birmingham bombings, 1974 and the Birmingham Six
Interview by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney with Chris Mullin and Michael Flavin. First broadcast on the Irish History Show. On 21 …
‘Conducive to the improvement of the country’, The Coolattin Wentworth-Fitzwilliam estate, County Wicklow
By John Dorney Coolattin estate, located in southern County Wicklow, once sprawled across nearly half of the county, taking in thousands of …
Podcast: Pogrom in Belfast and the McMahon Murders, with Edward Burke
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney inteview Edward Burke about his new book Ghosts of a Family on the McMahon murders in Belfast …