Weapons of the Irish Revolution Part III – The Civil War 1922-23
John Dorney wraps up a three part series with a look at the weapons of the Irish Civil War. See Part I …
Gallipoli and the Irish home front
Fionnuala Walsh on the impact the terrible Irish losses at Gallipoli in 1915 had back in Ireland. On the 25th of April …
Weapons of the Irish Revolution, Part II, The War of Independence 1919-21
By John Dorney. See Part I, Weapons of the Irish Revolution 1914-16 here. Conventionally, the conflict known as the Irish War of …
Weapons of the Irish Revolution – part I 1914-16
In the first of a three part series, John Dorney looks at how ‘ the gun re-entered Irish politics’ and how they …
The Pearse Street Ambush, Dublin, March 14, 1921
An episode of the Irish War of Independence. Thirteen people die in Dublin. By John Dorney Dublin awoke on the morning to …
“A damn good clean fight.” The Last Stand of the Leixlip Flying Column
An anti-Treaty column is captured and five of its members executed in December 1922. By Christopher Lee. Heavy machine gun fire ricochets …
Today in Irish History, November 28 1920 – The Kilmichael ambush
John Dorney on a famous, bloody action in West Cork during the Irish War of Independence On the 21st of November 1920, …