Margaret Keogh – The woman who died for Ireland.
By Padraig Og O Ruairc For a long time the women who fought for Irish freedom the 1916 Rising and the War …
Book review: Ireland’s Call: Irish Sporting Heroes who Fell in the Great War
By Stephen Walker Published by Merrion Press, Sallins, 2015 ISBN: 978-1-78537-018-2 Reviewer: Gordon O’Sullivan “I felt more nervous before playing an …
Sieges and Shootings: The decline of the RIC in Westmeath, 1920
Daniel Murray looks at how a combination of political pressure, resignations and armed attacks by the IRA undermined the Royal Irish Constabulary …
Women and the Achill Mission Colony
Protestant women missionaries on Achill island in the 19th century. By Patricia Byrne. (A version of this article was presented at the Heinrich …
Book Review: Dublin 1930-1950
Dublin 1930-1950 by Joseph Brady. Publisher: Four Courts Press Reviewer: Rhona McCord Published late last year this 448-page volume is the 5th …
IRISH REGIMENTS IN THE SPANISH ARMY OF FLANDERS
From 1587 until well into the 19th century, Irish regiments existed in Spanish military service. Here William Marmion gives a brief overview …
Career Conspirators: The (Mis)Adventures of Séan Ó Muirthile and the Irish Republican Brotherhood in the Free State Army, 1923-4
Pro-Treaty activists and the Irish Republican Brotherhood, 1922-24. By Daniel Murray. See also his previous articles on the IRB here and here. …