Tom Barry and the Road from Mesopotamia to Kilmichael
By John Dorney In 1915, aged 17, Thomas Bernadine Barry enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery in Cork, as he recalled in …
Hermann Goertz – a German spy in wartime Ireland
The involvement of a Nazi spy with the IRA during the Second World War. By John Dorney On May 5, 1940, the …
Book Review: Dublin’s Great Wars
Dublin’s Great Wars, The First World War, The Easter Rising and the Irish Revolution By Richard Grayson Published By Cambridge University Press, …
Today in Irish History, December 14, 1918 – The General Election of 1918
The historic victory of Sinn Fein. By John Dorney No election in Irish history has been as decisive as the British …
Ireland and the First World War – A Brief Overview
By John Dorney Ireland throughout the First World War of 1914-1918 was an integral part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain …
Deliberate Amnesia? The Irish Volunteers’ plan to assassinate the British Cabinet, 1918.
The plan to wipe out the British government in 1918 and the subsequent attempt to forget it ever existed. By Fergus O’Farrell …
People’s College History Talks 2018
This year, 2018 is the centenary of one of the most important years of modern Irish history, 1918. The Irish Story is …