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 …
The General Strike and Irish independence
How the syndicalist idea of a general strike contributed to the independence of Ireland. By John Dorney In the late 19th and …
Ireland and the great flu epidemic of 1918
John Dorney takes a look at the great killer in Ireland in 1918-19, not political violence or the Great War, but the …
Democracy in Ireland – A Short History
A short history of democracy and the right to vote in Ireland, By John Dorney. Liberal democracy, since the end of the …
A Short History of the Hibernian Rifles 1912-1916
By Padraig Og O Ruairc Occasionally when reading about the Irish revolution 1913-1923 you come across fleeting references to Republican organisations …
TV documentary Review: In the Name of the Republic
Broadcast TV3, 18 and 25 March 2013. Tile Films 2013. Reviewer: John Dorney In this programme Eunan O’Halpin, who has spent …
Irish Women and World War I – an Interview with Fionnuala Walsh.
John Dorney speaks to Fionnuala Walsh about Irish women during the first total war. In Ireland, the First World War saw not only participation in …