Podcast: The General Election of 1923
In August 1923 the Irish Free State had its first general election after the Irish Civil War. Cathal Brennan and John Dorney …
Podcast: The Army Mutiny of 1924
In the aftermath of the Irish Civil War, a section of disgruntled officers in the National Army of the Irish Free State …
Did Michael Collins order the killing of Henry Wilson?
By Ronan McGreevy The assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP was an event that I have called Ireland’s Sarajevo. Just …
War along the Border: Ireland 1922
The second in a two-part article on the Irish War of Independence in the border counties. Part one here. By John Dorney …
Podcast: The Terror Month in Kerry, March 1923
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss the notorious events of March 1923 in county Kerry during the Irish Civil War. http://irishhistoryshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Kerry-Civil-War-Terror-Month.mp3 See …
Clashmealcon Caves and Ballymullen Barracks: Tragedies of Kerry, April 1923
By Bryan MacMahon The promontory of Kerry Head featured prominently in the opening act of the 1916 Rising and in one of …
‘They killed idealism in my soul’ – the end of the Irish Civil War
John Dorney If the Irish revolution began arguably with the Home Rule crisis of 1912-13, or perhaps with the Easter Rising of …