Wikipedia, the Black and Tans, and the ‘R.I.C. Special Reserve’
By David Leeson Who were the Black and Tans? According to Wikipedia: ‘The Black and Tans (Irish: Dúchrónaigh) were constables recruited into the Royal Irish Constabulary (R.I.C.) as …
Book Review: Kilmichael: the life and afterlife of an ambush
By Eve Morrison, Published by: Irish Academic Press, 2022 ISBN: 9781788551458 Reviewer: Jack Hepworth Commemorating the west Cork IRA ambush of …
‘Ireland and the World Stand Appalled’: The Limerick Curfew Murders, 1921
By Seán William Gannon Late on a March night in 1921, as Limerick city slept under a military curfew, armed and masked …
Book Review: Combatants and Civilians in Revolutionary Ireland 1918-1923
By Thomas Earls Fitzgerald Published by Routledge, London 2021 ISBN 978-0-367-33352-2 Reviewer: John Dorney Thomas Earls Fitzgerald’s book is a study of …
A Stroll Through Rebel Cork
By Dara Burke. Dara runs a Cork city walking tour in his spare time Picture the scene. Groups of armed men stalking Cork …
Book Review: The Black and Tans: A Complete Alphabetical List, Short History and Genealogical Guide
By: Jim Herlihy Published by: Four Courts Press, Dublin 2021 Reviewed By: Seán William Gannon Jim Herlihy is hugely respected amongst historians …
Today in Irish History, 23 March 1921 – The Scramogue Ambush
By Thomas Tormey On 23 March 1921, Spy Wednesday, a combined force of the North Roscommon and South Roscommon Brigades launched a …