Civil War Casualties in County Limerick 1922-1923
By John Dorney This article is part of an ongoing project to count the dead of the Irish Civil War of 1922-23. …
Podcast: The Orange Order and the Twelfth of July
John Dorney and Cathal Brennan of the Irish History Show discuss the history of the Orange Order and the Twelfth of July. …
The Jacobite-Williamite War – An overview
The War between King James and King William in 1689-91, that decided the fate of Ireland. By John Dorney Every year on …
Book Reviews: A Bloody Day and Bloody Night, The Irish at Waterloo and Rorke’s Drift
A Bloody Day – The Irish At Waterloo by Dan Harvey Published by Merrion Press, Newbridge, 2017 ISBN: 9780993114359 Reviewer: Gordon O’Sullivan …
Today in Irish History, January 3, 1602, The Battle of Kinsale
The Decisive battle of the Nine Years War. By John Dorney On Christmas Eve 1601 by English reckoning and January 3 …
Book review Kingdom Overthrown: Ireland and the Battle for Europe 1688-1691
by Gerard FitzGibbon Published by New Island Books, 2015. Reviewer: Eoin O’Driscoll 2016 is a year of historical remembrance for the Irish …
Heuston’s Fort – The Battle for the Mendicity Institute, 1916
A story from the Easter Rising 1916, by Paul O’Brien. For more on the Easter Rising, see our archive here. On Easter …