Podcast: The UCC Irish Civil War Fatalities Project
Cathal Brennan discusses the Irish Civil War Fatality Project of University College Cork with John Dorney, who was one of the principle …
The Decade of Centenaries: A Reflection
By John Dorney The ‘decade of commemorations’, the series of hundred year anniversaries of the momentous events that marked the independence struggle …
The Irish Story Top Ten articles of 2023
Happy New Year to all Irish Story readers and contributors! These were our top ten most read articles of 2023. Top Ten …
The Tunnellers of Mountjoy,1923
By Christopher Lee. In 1923, after days of heavy rain the ground around the Mountjoy Prison blocks became sodden. An armoured car …
Podcast: The General Election of 1923
In August 1923 the Irish Free State had its first general election after the Irish Civil War. Cathal Brennan and John Dorney …
Clashmealcon Caves and Ballymullen Barracks: Tragedies of Kerry, April 1923
By Bryan MacMahon The promontory of Kerry Head featured prominently in the opening act of the 1916 Rising and in one of …
‘They killed idealism in my soul’ – the end of the Irish Civil War
John Dorney If the Irish revolution began arguably with the Home Rule crisis of 1912-13, or perhaps with the Easter Rising of …