Rathfarnham: a short history
By John Dorney The Dublin mountains look down on Rathfarnham, once a rural village and now a sprawling suburb, creeping slowly up …
The death of Volunteer Seán Doyle: ‘A conflict of testimony’’
By Aaron Ó Maonaigh On 19 September 1920, Seán Doyle of the 4th Battalion, Dublin Brigade’s engineering section was shot and killed …
Robert Byrne – the IRA Volunteer and Trade Unionist whose killing sparked the “Limerick Soviet”.
By Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc Although there had been some skirmishes between the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and British forces in Ireland …
Book Review: Soldiering Against Subversion
Soldiering Against Subversion: The Irish Defence Forces and Internal Security during the Troubles, 1969-1998 By Dan Harvey Published by Merrion Press (2018) …
‘A faithful soldier of the Republic’: The story of Jinny Shanahan
By John Dorney In 1916, during the Easter insurrection in Dublin city, a young Irish Citizen Army woman was one of party …
“The women who died for Ireland” – Cumann na mBan fatalities in the War of Independence & Civil War –
By Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc Twenty Nineteen marks the centenary of the appointment of Constance Markievicz as Minister for Labour in …
The Killurin ambush 1922 and the Civil War in Wexford
The Killurin train ambush, July 1922 and the outbreak of civil war in County Wexford. By Aaron Ó Maonaigh The Irish Civil …