The Second Amendment’s Irish Link
By William E. Devlin Does the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution have an Irish connection? The answer is a qualified …
Interview – Padraig Lenihan on ‘The Last Cavalier’
Historian Padraig Lenihan talks about his new book The Last Cavalier, Richard Talbot (1631-1691). See the Irish Story review here. Questions by …
Today in Irish History -The Battle of the Boyne, July 12.
We talk to military historian Padraig Lenihan, author of 1690: Battle of the Boyne, about the most famous Battle in Irish History. By …
Wellington Barracks, Dublin, 1922 – A Microcosm of the Irish Civil War
John Dorney looks at Wellington Barracks during the first 6 months of the Irish Civil War. We often concentrate on the emotional impact of …
Today In Irish History – The 1916 Rising Begins, 24 April
~1916~ Today 95 years ago a committed crew of rebels launched what can only be called the seminal event in Modern Irish …
Today In Irish History – Louis XIV Sends Troops To Ireland, 16 March
~1690~ If Irish history in the popular mind falls down by not acknowledging the role that Britain and other places has in …
Today In Irish History – James II Lands At Kinsale, 12 March
~1689~ The Stuart dynasty plunged Ireland into conflict on several occasions and resulted in both the Cromwellian invasion as was mentioned yesterday …