Book Review: Everyday Violence in the Irish Civil War
By Gemma Clark Published by Cambridge University Press, 2014. Reviewer: John Dorney In this book, the author, Gemma Clark, attempts to quantify …
Sixteen Glasgow Volunteers in the Irish Revolution
The story of sixteen Glasgow based Irish Volunteers 1916-1923. By Thomas Tormey At Easter 1916 sixteen members of the Glasgow unit of …
Today in Irish History – August 22, 1922 – Béal na Bláth, The Shooting Of Michael Collins
The death of Michael Collins, by John Dorney. On a country road in West Cork, on August 22 1922, a convoy of …
Today in Irish History, 31 July 1922 – Harry Boland is killed
By John Dorney On July 31, 1922, men in the green uniform of the Irish Free State entered the Grand Hotel, in …
The Boys of the Old Brigade – The IRA Third Northern Division
Kieran Glennon, author of From Pogrom to Civil War – Tom Glennon and the Belfast IRA, describes how this material charts the …
Podcast: Assassination and Execution, Ireland December 1922
Cathal Brennan interviews John Dorney on the assassination of Sean Hales and the reprisal executions of Rory O’Connor, Dick Barret, Lam Mellow …
Women, the Vote and Nationalist Revolution in Ireland
Women, the right to vote and the struggle for Irish independence. By John Dorney This year, 2018, marks the centenary of women’s …