‘Trampling the rights of a free people’: Coercion in Nineteenth Century Ireland
By John Dorney According to the Republican historian Dorothy MacArdle, in the 19th century Ireland was governed, ‘almost continuously since the Act …
The Manchester martyrs: From last letters to lasting legends
By Mark Holan On 22 November 1867, Co. Cork native William P. Allen wrote his last letter “this side of the grave” …
The Fenians: An Overview
On the 150th anniversary of the Fenian Rebellion of 1867, John Dorney gives an overview of the Fenian movement. The word ‘Fenian’ …
Book review: Irish Rebel: John Devoy and America’s fight for Irish independence
By Terry Golway Irish Academic press 2015. Reviewer: Ruairí Ó hAodha Terry Golway is a prominent US political commentator, who in this …
The People’s College remembers 1916
The Irish Story in association with the People’s College is proud to present a series of 8 historical lectures focusing on the …
Frederick Engels and Ireland
Aidan Beatty on Frederick Engels’ evolving views on Ireland and the Irish in the 19th century. Give me two hundred thousand …
Book Review: Shadow of the Brotherhood, The Temple Bar Shootings
Book Review: Shadow of the Brotherhood, The Temple Bar Shootings Barry, Kennerk, Mercier, 2010. Reviewer: John Dorney In Dublin on October 31, …