Robert Byrne – the IRA Volunteer and Trade Unionist whose killing sparked the “Limerick Soviet”.
By Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc Although there had been some skirmishes between the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and British forces in Ireland …
‘We had to go forward’ – The Mountjoy Hunger Strike of 1917
The hunger strike of 1917 and the death of Thomas Ashe. By Dr. Tomás Mac Conmara Having achieved an historic victory, getting …
Reflecting on The Civil War in Dublin
John Dorney on his new book The Civil War in Dublin the Fight for the Irish capital. Joseph Conrad began his famous …
Book Review: El Proyecto MacNamara
El Proyecto MacNamara, The Maverick Irish Priest and the Race to Seize California 1844-1846 By John Fox Published by Irish Academic Press, …
‘What land is this?’ Irish governors of British-ruled Hong Kong
Derek Collins on Irish born governors of British ruled Hong Kong. ‘What land is this; with its subject continents and islands, hardly able …
Missing In Action – British Servicemen Secretly Buried In Clare During The War of Independence
Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc investigates the disappearance of four British Servicemen in county Clare in 1920-21. As we approach the centenaries of …