Book Review: A Portrait of West-County Down
A Portrait of West-County Down Past and Present: An Exploration of Landscape, Population, Worship and Diversity. By Dr Francis Xavier McCorry Reviewer: …
Book Review: Aspects of Irish Aristocratic Life: Essays on the FitzGeralds and Carton House
Aspects of Irish Aristocratic Life: Essays on the FitzGeralds and Carton House Edited by Terence Dooley, Patrick Cosgrove and Karol Mullaney-Dignam Published …
Book Review: Judging W.T. Cosgrave
Judging W.T. Cosgrave by Michael Laffan Published by Royal Irish Academy Press, Dublin 2014 Reviewer: Daniel Murray Judging W.T. Cosgrave is the …
‘The Perfect Physique’ – Eugen Sandow in Ireland, 1898
Conor Patrick Heffernan on famous strongman Eugen Sansdow’s visit to Ireland in 1898. In April 1898, reports began to emerge in Irish …
The Irish Story Top 10 Articles of 2014
Happy New Year! Last year the Irish Story was visited more than 285,000 times with an average of 780 visits per day. …
Winter in Dublin
Whimsical seasonal thoughts. By John Dorney Today in Dublin, traffic crawls very slowly but somehow very frenetically along into the city centre. …
Today in Irish History, November 28 1920 – The Kilmichael ambush
John Dorney on a famous, bloody action in West Cork during the Irish War of Independence On the 21st of November 1920, …