Deceptive Manoeuvres: Daniel Murray, Florence O’Donoghue and the Death of Michael Collins
Denis Lenihan replies to Dan Murray’s article on Florence O’Donoghue and the killing of Michael Collins at Beal na Blath in 1922. …
Opinion: Commemorating Kilmichael
Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc on the pitfalls of commemorating the Kilmichael ambush. The Southern Star newspaper recently reported (3rd August 2013) that Cork …
Evasive Manoeuvres: An Examination of Florence O’Donoghue’s Account of the Death of Michael Collins
What really happened on the day Michael Collins was shot? Daniel Murray looks at Florence O’Donoghue’s version. An Irregular Meeting In February …
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 …
Today in Irish History – The Upton Ambush, February 15 1921.
On this day, in west Cork, in 1921, at least eleven people were killed in a vicious ten-minute firefight at Upton train station …
Peter Hart – A Legacy
Peter Hart passed away in late July 2010, aged just 46. We here at The Irish Story extend our condolences to his family, …
Who Shot Frank Lawlor? – Encounters with the Irish Civil War
John Dorney tries to make sense of a killing in December 1922 during the Irish Civil War The Irish Civil War was …