Interview – Padraig Lenihan on ‘The Last Cavalier’
Historian Padraig Lenihan talks about his new book The Last Cavalier, Richard Talbot (1631-1691). See the Irish Story review here. Questions by …
‘We must forgive but we won’t forget’ – The Treaty debates in the border counties.
How was the Anglo-Irish Treaty received in the counties it made a frontier zone? By John Dorney. If you lived in the …
Book Review: Was Cromwell Framed?
Cromwell was Framed, Ireland 1649 By Tom Reilly Published by Chronos Books, London, 2014 Reviewer: John Dorney Oliver Cromwell’s name is …
From Limerick to Antwerp – Irish Brigades Abroad 1690-1815
Stephen McGarry on Irish military service abroad from the Treaty of Limerick until the defeat of Napoleon. See also the Irish in Spanish service. …
From Catastrophe to Baby Boom – Population Change in Early Modern Ireland 1641-1741
Padraig Lenihan talks to John Dorney and Cathal Brennan on Near FM’s History Show about life and death in 17th and 18th …
The Eleven Years War 1641-52 – A Brief Overview
John Dorney lays out the essential facts on the war of 1641-52 -a war that pitted Catholic against Protestant, Royalist against Parliamentarian, …
Book Review : Special Category: The IRA in English Prisons, Vol. 1: 1968-1978
By Ruan O’Donnell Hardcover: 544 pages Publisher: Irish Academic Press (January 1, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0716531410 ISBN-13: 978-0716531418 Reviewer: Mícheál Ó hAodha …