The Rabble and the Republic
John Dorney looks at how the Irish separatist movement interacted with the population of the Dublin slums during the years of the Great War …
Book Review: Sligo.The Irish Revolution 1912-23
By Michael Farry Four Courts Press, 2012 Reviewer: John Dorney This new book on county Sligo’s experiences in the upheaval of 1912-23 …
Opinion: Remembering World War I in Ireland
An opinion piece on Ireland, the Great War and its memory. By John Dorney. For more articles on WWI and Ireland see …
The North King Street Massacre, Dublin 1916
Sixteen civilians were shot or bayoneted to death by soldiers from the South Staffordshire regiment during the Easter Rising. By John Dorney.(Updated …
Book Review: A City in Wartime, Dublin 1914-18
Book Review: A City in Wartime, Dublin 1914-18 Author: Padraig Yeates Gill & MacMillan 2011. Reviewer: John Dorney The most important …
The Home Front – Dublin and World War I
Padraig Yeates, author of, ‘A City in Wartime’, a new book on Dublin during the First World War, talks about the impact the war …
Filming Inishkea Whaling Station, 1908
Patricia Byrne tells the story of a Norwegian whaling station off the Mayo coast in 1908-1914, which was captured for posterity in an …