Podcast: Gerry Healy and the Workers Revolutionary Party
Interview with Aidan Beatty on his new book ‘The Party is Always Right’, the Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism’, …
Invisible Income – Remittances from the Diaspora sustained Ireland for over a century
By Evan Comerford When interviewed by the Irish Folklore Commission in 1955, an elderly Galway farmer recalled vividly the neighbours from his …
‘God’s Battle’: O’Duffy’s Irish Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
The Irish unit that fought for Franco in 1936-37. By John Dorney In late 1936, a young unemployed Dubliner, Seamus MacKee, was …
‘Spies and informers beware!’: IRA executions of alleged civilian spies during the War of Independence 1919 -1921.
By Padraig Og O Ruairc The ‘intelligence war’ was undoubtedly one of the most important military aspects of the Irish War of …
The Irish Story Top Ten articles of 2016
The year 2016, the year of the Easter Rising centenary was a record year for the Irish Story with over 685,000 views …
Ireland and the Spanish Armada 1588
Ireland’s role in the inglorious end of Phillip of Spain’s attempt to invade England. By John Dorney On September 16, 1588 seven …
Book Review: The Case of the Craughwell Prisoners during the Land War in Co. Galway, 1879-85
Title: The Case of the Craughwell Prisoners during the Land War in Co. Galway, 1879-85 Author: Pat Finnegan ISBN: 978-1-84682-359-6 Price: €35.00 HB | …