Book Review: Reshaping Ireland 1550-1700, Colonisation and its Consequences
Book Review: Reshaping Ireland 1550-1700, Colonisation and its Consequences Edited by Brian Mac Cuarta Four Courts Press, 2011 Reviewer: John Dorney 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 …
Bankruptcy, Bailouts and Brass Money – The 17th century origins of modern state finances
Historian Harman Murtagh talks to John Dorney about the origins of taxation, sovereign debt, state bankruptcy and representation in 17th century Europe. …
War in 17th Century Ireland
In our second interview with military historian Padraig Lenihan, we talk about the impact of warfare on 17th century Ireland. (Listen to …
Padraig Lenihan and the 17th Century in Ireland
In our discussion of 20th century Irish nationalism, we often talk about Irish nationalism springing from the Irish Catholic identity – a …
Today In Irish History – Charles I & Personal Rule, 10 March
~ 1629 ~ Charles I King of England, Scotland and Ireland, frustrated by his inability to get his way and to control …