Today in Irish History, 9 August 1971, Internment is introduced in Northern Ireland
John Dorney on a turning point in the history of the Northern Ireland conflict. The morning of Monday the 9th of August, …
Today in Irish History, The execution of the “Drumboe Martyrs”, 14 March 1923
Kieran Glennon tells the story of the four Republicans executed in Donegal in 1923, by among others, his grandfather. Four Republicans, …
Today in Irish History, Bloody Sunday in Derry, 30 January 1972
The fatal shooting of 13 unarmed demonstrators by the British Army in Derry in 1972. By John Dorney. See also Four Bloody …
Four Bloody Sundays
In the wake of the Saville Report on the events in Derry in 1972, John Dorney looks at the place of “Bloody …