“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 …
Winter in Dublin
Whimsical seasonal thoughts. By John Dorney Today in Dublin, traffic crawls very slowly but somehow very frenetically along into the city centre. …
Book Review: The Irish Revolution: Tyrone 1912-23
Title: The Irish Revolution 1912-23, TYRONE Author: Fergal McCluskey ISBN: 978-1-84682-300-8 Price: €19.95 (cheaper via publisher’s website) Publisher: Four Courts Press Published: Dublin, …
Film Review: Jimmy’s Hall
Film: Jimmy’s Hall. Production Company: Sixteen Films and Element Productions. Director: Ken Loach Release date: 30th May 2014. Reviewer: Cathal Brennan Jimmy’s …
A Report of the Athlone Irish Civil War Conference 23 November 2013
John Dorney reports on the Old Athlone Society’s Conference on the Irish Civil War, held in Custume Barracks Athlone, November 23 1923. …
To Not Fade Away: The Irish Republican Brotherhood Post-1916
Daniel C Murray investigates the role of the Irish Republican Brotherhood in the Irish revolution after 1916. Every Dog Has its …
‘Let it be Under our Thumb’ – the History of the Seanad
A brief history of the Irish Senate, By John Dorney. In a recent (October 2013) referendum, the Irish electorate voted not to …