The Easter Rising – A brief overview
John Dorney lays out the need-to-know facts of the Easter Rising. See also our overview series. The Easter Rising was an insurrection, …
The MacCarthys and the Nine Years War in Munster. 1595-1603
The Nine Years saw the final conquest of Gaelic Ireland by the Elizabethans. John Dorney looks at how it affected one powerful …
Historical Perspective | The Irish In Australia
Sounds like an interesting exhibition no? Any Irish folks in Australia near the museum should have a look!
Gerard Murphy’s Reply to Pádraig Óg O’Ruairc’s Review
Gerard Murphy, author of The Year Of Disappearance: Political Killings In Cork, 1921-1922, responds to Pádraig Óg O’Ruairc’s review of his book. I …
Book Review: The Year of Disappearances. Political Killings in Cork 1921-1922
Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc challenges the claims in Gerard Murphy’s recent book, The Year of Disappearances. Political Killings in Cork 1921 – …
The Great Southern Railway Strike of 1911
John Dorney reports from a talk by Conor McCabe of the Labour History Society on the Railway strike of 1911. In late …
Walking with Yeats on Cave Hill: Alice Milligan and the Irish Cultural Revival – NLI Exhibition
Patricia Byrne reviews the National Library’s exhibition on Alice Millgan and the Irish Cultural Revival. Extensive archival resources from the National Library …