The Siege of Tralee, November 1 – 9, 1920.
John Dorney on an ugly cycle of reprisals in Kerry in the War of Independence. On 31 October 1920, the Sinn Fein Lord …
The Irish Story Archive on the Irish War of Independence
The Irish War of Independence was a guerrilla conflict, conventionally said to have lasted from 1919-1921. It resulted in the independence of …
The Irish War of Independence – A Brief Overview
Continuing with our series of overviews and following the Overview of the Easter Rising and the Overview of the Irish Civil War, John Dorney tells the essential story …
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 …
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, …
The Irish Civil War – A brief overview
John Dorney lays out the need-to-know facts about the Irish Civil war of 1922-23. For more detailed articles see, The Irish Story, …
History Wars – Interview with John Regan
We speak to historian John Regan on how the history of the Irish revolutionary period in 1916-23 has been written in the light …