‘A bad fight, a disgraceful fight’, Tom Barry in the Civil War
By John Dorney Tom Barry was a most headstrong and abrasive young man in 1922. Aged 25, he had fought in both …
The Belfast News Letter and the Irish Civil War
By John Dorney There were, effectively, two civil wars in Ireland in 1922-23. The first was within the new state of Northern …
Podcast: The UCC Irish Civil War Fatalities Project
Cathal Brennan discusses the Irish Civil War Fatality Project of University College Cork with John Dorney, who was one of the principle …
Did Michael Collins order the killing of Henry Wilson?
By Ronan McGreevy The assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP was an event that I have called Ireland’s Sarajevo. Just …
Clashmealcon Caves and Ballymullen Barracks: Tragedies of Kerry, April 1923
By Bryan MacMahon The promontory of Kerry Head featured prominently in the opening act of the 1916 Rising and in one of …
‘They killed idealism in my soul’ – the end of the Irish Civil War
John Dorney If the Irish revolution began arguably with the Home Rule crisis of 1912-13, or perhaps with the Easter Rising of …
Podcast: Executions during the Irish Civil War
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss the Government policy of execution during the Civil War of 1922-23. See also this article on …