Who was Seamus Dwyer?
Michael McKenna tells the forgotten story of the life and death of Seamus Dwyer, Sinn Fein and IRA activist and pro-Treaty politician, …
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 …
A Black and Tan Executed – The life and death of William Mitchell
The search for the short and tragic life of William Mitchell, Executed in Dublin in 1921. By DJ Kelly. On Tuesday 7th …
Book Review: From Pogrom to Civil War, Tom Glennon and the Belfast IRA
Title: From Pogrom to Civil War, Tom Glennon and the Belfast IRA Author: Kieran Glennon ISBN: 978-1-78117-146-2 Price: €19.99 (Cheaper from the …
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 …
Book Review: The Flame and the Candle – War in Mayo 1919-1924
By Dominic Price. Collins Press 2012 Reviewer: John Dorney Local studies of revolutionary Ireland are now coming out thick and fast as …
Missing In Action – British Servicemen Secretly Buried In Clare During The War of Independence
Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc investigates the disappearance of four British Servicemen in county Clare in 1920-21. As we approach the centenaries of …