Jan Smuts and the Anglo-Irish Truce of July 1921
Jack Traynor Jan Smuts, a one-time Boer general turned South African statesman and British diplomat, made a dramatic intervention in Ireland in …
Book Review: Monteith: The Making of a Rebel
By Catherine C. Smyth (2017) Reviewer: Daniel Murray Roger Casement was a sick man. Amidst all the uncertainties facing the tiny band …
Today in Irish History, August 3 1916, Roger Casement is Executed
A short article on Roger Casement. Executed today 100 years ago. By John Dorney Roger Casement, hanged on August 3, 1916 was …
Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
Portrait of a 19th century Irish woman novelist. By Maeve O’Sullivan As a young woman, who has a keen and passionate interest in …
Book Review: Arthur Griffith
By Owen McGee Published by Merrion Press, 2015. Reviewer: Gerard Shannon Though Arthur Griffith has been the subject of recent studies of specific …
Book Review: Captain Jack White: Imperialism, Anarchism and the Irish Citizen Army
by Leo Keohane Published by Merrion Press, 2014. Reviewer: Daniel Murray When An Post issued a commemorative stamp of Jack White, first …
The Formation of the Irish Citizen Army 1913-16
John Dorney Reports on a talk by Brian Hanley at the Smithfield People’s History Project. The Irish Citizen Army was founded in …