Civil War casualties in County Tipperary
By John Dorney The death toll of the Irish Civil War remains one of the least studied but most remarked upon questions …
Today in Irish History, 10 April 1923, Liam Lynch is killed.
The death of Liam Lynch signalled the effective end of the Irish Civil War. By John Dorney A small group of trench-coated …
The Irish Parliamentary Party after 1918, an interview with Martin O’Donoghue
In this interview, John Dorney speaks to Martin O’Donoghue about the fate of the once-dominant Irish Parliamentary Party after its defeat in …
Thinking about Violence in the Irish Civil War
John Dorney on the logic of violence in the Irish Civil War, based on research for his forthcoming book on the Civil …
Policing Revolutionary Dublin 1919-1923
Crime and punishment during nationalist revolution in Dublin. By John Dorney The most obvious way the state enters our lives is when …
“Don’t tell your mother or I’ll kill you.” The murder of baby William Holden, 1923.
Colm Wallace tells the story of a shocking crime in rural Kilkenny in April 1923. After the Civil War finished the Irish …
Book Review: Big Jim Larkin: Hero or Wrecker?
By Emmet O’Connor, Published by: University College Dublin Press, (Dublin, 2015) Reviewer: Gerard Noonan Jim Larkin’s life has a biblical quality to it. …