War and Famine in Ireland, 1580-1700
This article on famine in Irish History looks at how war provoked famine and massive population loss and aided conquest in early …
The Member for Mayo
Jane Stanford writes about John O’Connor Power one of Irish Nationalism’s less well-remembered characters but one who in the 1870s and 1880s …
Loyal Dublin – The Dublin Protestant Operative Association
A previous article here at The Irish Story touched on the politics of 19th century Protestants in Dublin. Here, John Dorney looks …
Book Review: Captain Rock – The Irish Agrarian Rebellion of 1821-1824
Captain Rock – The Irish Agrarian Rebellion of 1821-1824 By James S. Donnelly, Jr. University of Wisconsin/ Collins Press, 2009. Reviewer: John Dorney …
The Irish Language, Part I: Decline
In this, first part of a new audio series, we look at the decline of the Irish language from the Tudor Conquest …