The Belfast Dockers and Carters Strike of 1907
When a dock strike called by Jim Larkin brought Belfast to a standstill. By John Dorney The Belfast docks strike of …
Nora’s Sorrow – The Murder of John Foran, 1888
The murder of a ‘land-grabber’ and the Land War in Kerry. By Mark Holan A thunderstorm swept across Pittsburgh in the early …
The Formation of the Irish Citizen Army 1913-16
John Dorney Reports on a talk by Brian Hanley at the Smithfield People’s History Project. The Irish Citizen Army was founded in …
Today in Irish History – August 31, 1913 – Labour’s Bloody Sunday
The first ‘Bloody Sunday’ in twentieth century Ireland, during the Lockout of 1913. By John Dorney See also Remembering the Lockout. It …
Remembering the Lockout
Remembering the Dublin Lockout, one hundred years on. By John Dorney The Lockout of 1913, the great strike that brought Dublin …
“The principal rallying-ground for the Larkinites” – The Swords Riot of 1913
Christopher Lee, author of a previous article on Finglas in the Lockout, looks at the great strike of 1913 in the County …
The History Show Archive Part II: Episodes 8-16
This is the second part of our archive of Near FM’s History Show, presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. The first …