Women, the Vote and Nationalist Revolution in Ireland
Women, the right to vote and the struggle for Irish independence. By John Dorney This year, 2018, marks the centenary of women’s …
The IRA’s War on Public Entertainment – The Amusements Order of 1923.
How the anti-Treaty IRA forbade ‘public amusements’ at a ‘time of national mourning’. By John Dorney On the morning of April 20, …
Interview: John Dorney on The Civil War in Dublin
Cathal Brennan interviews John Dorney on his new book, The Civil War in Dublin (Merrion Press, 2017) for the Irish History Show …
Mapping Civil War deaths in Dublin
By John Dorney. Based on the research for his new book The Civil War in Dublin, published by Merrion Press. This map …
The Dalkey column – An Irish Civil War Story
By John Dorney, based on his new book, The Civil War in Dublin 1922-1924. South east Dublin has, since the railways of …
Reflecting on The Civil War in Dublin
John Dorney on his new book The Civil War in Dublin the Fight for the Irish capital. Joseph Conrad began his famous …
The Free State’s forgotten soldiers: The National Army monument at Glasnevin.
National Army dead at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, by John Dorney Perhaps the most famous and most visited grave at Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery …