The Plantation of Ulster: A Brief Overview
By John Dorney The Plantation of Ulster was the project by the English monarchy to colonise the northern province of Ireland with …
Podcast: The 1641 Rebellion
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss the start of the great convulsion of mid seventeenth century Ireland. First broadcast on the Irish …
“Deceived as hereafter to the destruction of both” – Stories from the 1641 Rebellion
John Dorney looks at rival Catholic accounts of the 1641 rebellion. The Irish insurrection of 1641-42 began with an abortive plot by …
The History Show Archive: Episodes 1-7
Readers of our facebook page will have been kept abreast of the History Show, which Cathal Brennan and John Dorney of the …
Book Review: Conquest and Land in Ireland
Conquest and Land in Ireland – The Transplantation to Connacht 1649-1680. By John Cunningham Royal Historical Society, Boydell Press, 2011. Reviewer: John …
The 1641 Depositions go online
John Dorney reports from the launch of the 1641 Depositions online at Trinity College Some time in the winter of 1641, Anne …
Today in Irish History – First Day of the 1641 Rebellion, October 23
~1641~ John Dorney looks at the outbreak of one of the bloodiest and most tragic rebellions in Irish history -the 1641 Rebellion. …