Gallipoli and the Irish home front
Fionnuala Walsh on the impact the terrible Irish losses at Gallipoli in 1915 had back in Ireland. On the 25th of April …
‘This Splendid Historic Organisation’: The Irish Republican Brotherhood among the Anti-Treatyites, 1921-4
Daniel Murray on anti-Treaty attempts to revive the IRB during the Civil War. See also his article on the IRB after 1916. …
‘Glorious Madness’ – The Life and Death of Michael O’Rahilly
By John Dorney Friday April, 29 1916. The General Post Office in Dublin, occupied on the Monday as the headquarters of …
The Sinn Féin Rebellion? Arthur Griffith’s Easter Week 1916
Gerard Shannon on Arthur Griffith, Sinn Féin and the insurrection of Easter 1916. ‘The Sinn Féin Rebellion’ became a popular, though paradoxical, …
Nineteenth Century Landlords of Greater Buncrana
The19th Century Landlords of Greater Buncrana (The Civil parish of Lower Fahan) by Gearoid Mac Lochlainn. Finley Dun, who in 1879 after …
Saint Patrick – Man or Myth?
By Brighid O’Sullivan The man known as Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland is shrouded in so many fantastical stories that …
In the Presence of His Enemies: The Controversy of James Dalton, May 1920
Daniel Murray on the murky, unsolved killing of IRA intelligence officer James Dalton in May 1920 during the Irish War of Independence. …