Book review: Fighting Irish – The Irish Regiments in the First World War
By Gavin Hughes, Published by Merrion Press Reviewer: Kieran Glennon This is a book of ambitious scale. Most studies of Ireland’s …
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 …
Book Review: Irish Voices from the Great War
Irish Voices From the Great War By Myles Dungan Published by Irish Academic Press 2014 Reviewer: Barry Sheppard One thing is almost …
Book Review: Irregulars
By Kevin McCarthy New Island Press, 2013 Reviewer: John Dorney Available here from the publishers. On October 7 1922, about 3 months …
The Irish VC, An Alternative Narrative Of Irish History
John Dennehy looks at the impact of one man on Irish life during World War One. The British assault on the Turks …
Historical Perspective | Croker – much more than just a stadium
Interesting piece in The Irish Times today: The queen might well be interested in the early history of that part of the …