Book Review: Spiritual Wounds, Trauma, Testimony and the Irish Civil War
By Siobhra Aiken, Published by Irish Academic Press, 2022 Reviewer John Dorney ISBN:9781788551663 The Irish Civil War (1922-23) which formed the …
Podcast: Irish Revolutionary Women with Liz Gillis and Mary McAuliffe
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney speak to Liz Gillis and Dr Mary McAuliffe on the republican women and Cumman nn mBan, the …
Hair Cutting and Women in the War of Independence
By Margaret Ward As a result of the disturbing addition to the War of Independence exhibition at Collins Barracks of the remnants …
Casualties of the Irish Civil War in County Cork
Counting the cost of the Civil War in County Cork. By John Dorney This article is an attempt to count the fatal …
‘Up us!’ – The launch of the Kilmainham Gaol graffiti website.
John Dorney reports on the launch of a new initiative to document the graffiti left by political prisoners at Kilmainham Gaol in …
Irish Women and World War I – an Interview with Fionnuala Walsh.
John Dorney speaks to Fionnuala Walsh about Irish women during the first total war. In Ireland, the First World War saw not only participation in …
Today in Irish History, April 30, 1916, The Surrender in the Easter Rising
Over April 29th to May 1, 1916 the rebels of the Easter Rising surrendered. This is an adapted extract from John Dorney’s The Story of the …