Today in Irish History, 9 August 1971, Internment is introduced in Northern Ireland
John Dorney on a turning point in the history of the Northern Ireland conflict. The morning of Monday the 9th of August, …
Perspectives on the Easter Rising, Part II – Combat
In this second part of our audio feature on 1916, John Dorney talks to historians Padraig Yeates and Fearghal McGarry about the reality on …
1916, A Military Failure? A Q&A With Paul O’Brien
Eoin Purcell, The Irish Story Publisher, had an email Q&A with author and historian of the Easter Rising, Paul O’Brien. O’Brien’s two …
Today in Irish History, April 26, 1916, The battle at Mount Street Bridge
In an adapted extract from, The Story of the Easter Rising, John Dorney describes the bloody fighting at Mount Street Bridge during …
Today In Irish History – The Battle Of Fontenoy, 11 May
~1745~ It has always struck me as one of Ireland’s great tragedies, that many of our kin have died in the service …