The Siege of Tralee, November 1 – 9, 1920.
John Dorney on an ugly cycle of reprisals in Kerry in the War of Independence. On 31 October 1920, the Sinn Fein Lord …
Interview: Irish Radicalism in Scotland
Cathal Brennan talks to historian Alex O’Fhailghigh for Episode Nine of the Irish History Show on radicalism in Irish community in Scotland in …
Book Review: Reshaping Ireland 1550-1700, Colonisation and its Consequences
Book Review: Reshaping Ireland 1550-1700, Colonisation and its Consequences Edited by Brian Mac Cuarta Four Courts Press, 2011 Reviewer: John Dorney The …
The Irish Story Archive on the Irish War of Independence
The Irish War of Independence was a guerrilla conflict, conventionally said to have lasted from 1919-1921. It resulted in the independence of …
The Kirkintilloch Tragedy, 1937
Seventy-five years ago this month one of the biggest peace-time tragedies befell the Irish state when ten young migrant workers from Achill …
The Irish War of Independence – A Brief Overview
Continuing with our series of overviews and following the Overview of the Easter Rising and the Overview of the Irish Civil War, John Dorney tells the essential story …
To Remember or Commemorate? Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc on the RIC Memorial
Opinion piece by Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc on the opening of a memorial to the Royal Irish Constabulary at Glasnevin Cemetery. Tens …