Striking Against Colonialism: The General Strike in the Irish and Algerian Revolutions
By Dónal Hassett The recent Centenary of the Irish General Strike of 1920 has underlined the potential power of a movement that …
Book Review: Soldiers of the Short Grass – A History of the Curragh Camp
Published by Merrion Press, Newbridge, 2016 ISBN: 978-1785370618 Reviewer: Gordon O’Sullivan The Curragh, that flat exposed plain of 4,870 acres in …
Book Review: Conspiracy: Irish Political Trials, Myles Dungan
Title: Conspiracy: Irish Political Trials Author: Myles Dungan ISBN: 978-1-90489-058-4 Price: €14.99 (cheaper from the publisher’s website) Publisher: Prism, an imprint of …
To Remember or Commemorate? Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc on the RIC Memorial
Opinion piece by Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc on the opening of a memorial to the Royal Irish Constabulary at Glasnevin Cemetery. Tens …
The Gaelic League in the Irish Free State in the 1920s and 1930s
The revival of the Irish language was a nationalist aim from the late 19th century, but how did the project fare in …
Today in Irish History – First Day of the 1641 Rebellion, October 23
~1641~ John Dorney looks at the outbreak of one of the bloodiest and most tragic rebellions in Irish history -the 1641 Rebellion. …
The Irish Language, Part I: Decline
In this, first part of a new audio series, we look at the decline of the Irish language from the Tudor Conquest …