“The road for the cattle – the land for the People” The Castlefergus Cattle Drive and the death of IRA Volunteer John Ryan
Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc looks at the shooting of IRA Volunteer John Ryan who was shot dead by the RIC at a …
The Burning of Cork: December 11-12, 1920
The Auxiliaries burn out the centre of Cork city in reprisal for an IRA ambush. By John Dorney On the morning of …
Interview: The East Clare By-Election of 1917, with Padraig Og O Ruairc
In July 1917, Eamon de Valera, just released from prison for his role in the Easter Rising, was elected as Sinn Fein …
‘Spies and informers beware!’: IRA executions of alleged civilian spies during the War of Independence 1919 -1921.
By Padraig Og O Ruairc The ‘intelligence war’ was undoubtedly one of the most important military aspects of the Irish War of …
The Free State’s forgotten soldiers: The National Army monument at Glasnevin.
National Army dead at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, by John Dorney Perhaps the most famous and most visited grave at Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery …
Martin McGuinness 1950-2017
By John Dorney Martin McGuinness always cut a striking figure. From a youthful, blonde shaggy haired Provisional IRA commander in Derry in …
‘Cowardly, Cunning and Contemptible’ – The British campaign in Dublin, 1919-1921.
The British counter-insurgency campaign in Dublin 1919-1921. By John Dorney. A British Army private, J.P Swindlehurst, stationed in Dublin from January …