The last commandant-general of 1916? Sean McLoughlin’s Easter Rising
By John Gibney Was Sean McLoughlin the most senior surviving commandant of the Easter Rising? Given that independent Ireland was governed for …
Book Review: Antrim – The Irish Revolution, 1912-23
By Brian Feeney Published by Four Courts Press 2021 Reviewer: Kieran Glennon Before it was even published, this book had re-defined …
Podcast: Irish Revolutionary Women with Liz Gillis and Mary McAuliffe
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney speak to Liz Gillis and Dr Mary McAuliffe on the republican women and Cumman nn mBan, the …
‘One of the best fighters and leaders in the modern proletarian movement’: British communism and the memory of James Connolly, 1920-39
By David Convery The 1916 Easter Rising was an event of importance not just in Ireland, but internationally. A revolt in the …
Book Review: The ‘Labour Hercules’: The Irish Citizen Army and Irish Republicanism, 1913-23, by Jeffrey Leddin (2019)
By Jeffrey Leddin Published by Merrion Press (2019) Reviewer: Daniel Murray “If you or anybody else expect that I’m going to waste …
Michael Collins, Northern Ireland and the Northern Offensive, May 1922
By Patrick Concannon As we enter the next few years of commemoration they will be dominated by huge historical events like the …
Book Review: Dublin’s Great Wars
Dublin’s Great Wars, The First World War, The Easter Rising and the Irish Revolution By Richard Grayson Published By Cambridge University Press, …