‘A bad fight, a disgraceful fight’, Tom Barry in the Civil War
By John Dorney Tom Barry was a most headstrong and abrasive young man in 1922. Aged 25, he had fought in both …
‘The Blood of Irish rebels flowed in his veins’: Che Guevara and the Irish
By Barry Sheppard Since his execution in Bolivia in 1967, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara has been an ever-present icon of left protest movements …
Reflecting on The Civil War in Dublin
John Dorney on his new book The Civil War in Dublin the Fight for the Irish capital. Joseph Conrad began his famous …
Civil War casualties in County Tipperary
By John Dorney The death toll of the Irish Civil War remains one of the least studied but most remarked upon questions …
Today in Irish History, 10 April 1923, Liam Lynch is killed.
The death of Liam Lynch signalled the effective end of the Irish Civil War. By John Dorney A small group of trench-coated …
Thinking about Violence in the Irish Civil War
John Dorney on the logic of violence in the Irish Civil War, based on research for his forthcoming book on the Civil …
The Dublin Brigade IRA 1917-1921
The evolution of the Irish Volunteers in Dublin during the Irish War of Independence. By John Dorney. After the Easter Rising of …