Podcast: Siege Warfare in 17th Century Ireland, with Padraig Lenihan
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney speak to early modern military historian Padraig Lenihan about siege warfare in early modern Ireland, as broadcast …
Book review Kingdom Overthrown: Ireland and the Battle for Europe 1688-1691
by Gerard FitzGibbon Published by New Island Books, 2015. Reviewer: Eoin O’Driscoll 2016 is a year of historical remembrance for the Irish …
IRISH REGIMENTS IN THE SPANISH ARMY OF FLANDERS
From 1587 until well into the 19th century, Irish regiments existed in Spanish military service. Here William Marmion gives a brief overview …
The Irish Story Top 10 Articles of 2014
Happy New Year! Last year the Irish Story was visited more than 285,000 times with an average of 780 visits per day. …
A Pale trip through history
A two-wheeled journey through the Pale. By John Dorney. I rode my bike from south Dublin to Carlingford in the Cooley peninsula …
Today in Irish History, Cromwell Storms Drogheda, 11 September 1649
Cromwell’s sack of Drogheda and the massacre of the Royalist garrison by the New Model Army in 1649. By John Dorney On …
Historical Perspective | How lies about Irish barbarism in 1641 paved way for Cromwells atrocities | World news | guardian.co.uk
Smashing piece on the 1641 Depositions, which John Dorney wrote about here: Hearsay evidence and bible-inspired testimony inflamed popular fears about the …