The Burning of the Big Houses Revisited 1920-23
By John Dorney The very name ‘Big House’ has a certain resonance in Irish historical memory. The Big House was the citadel …
‘Rough and Ready Work’ – The Special Infantry Corps
John Dorney looks at a unit of the National Army raised during the Civil War of 1922-23 to put down agrarian agitation …
Book Review: The Irish Civil War and Society, Politics Class and Conflict
By Gavin Foster Published by Palgrave MacMillan, London 2015 Reviewer: John Dorney Irish history is often inward looking, almost navel gazing, obsessed …
Weapons of the Irish Revolution Part III – The Civil War 1922-23
John Dorney wraps up a three part series with a look at the weapons of the Irish Civil War. See Part I …
Book Review: A Formative Decade, Ireland in the 1920s
Edited by Mel Farrell, Jason Knirck and Ciara Meehan, Published by Irish Academic Press, Dublin 2015 Reviewer: John Dorney Politics and life …
‘Up us!’ – The launch of the Kilmainham Gaol graffiti website.
John Dorney reports on the launch of a new initiative to document the graffiti left by political prisoners at Kilmainham Gaol in …
The Tragedies of Ballyconnell
John Dorney reports on a series of tragedies in the border area in 1923 during the Irish Civil War. On January 6th, …