Film Review: Black 47
Directed by Lance Daly Written by PJ Dillon, Pierce Ryan, Euguene O’Brien, Lance Daly Starring: Hugo Weaving, James Frechville, Stephen Rea, Jim …
Today in Irish History, 31 July 1922 – Harry Boland is killed
By John Dorney On July 31, 1922, men in the green uniform of the Irish Free State entered the Grand Hotel, in …
Book Review: The Adoption Machine: The Dark History of Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes.
By Paul Jude Redmond Published by Irish Academic Press. Reviewer: Rhona McCord I first met Paul Redmond in 2013 at a press …
‘To get up an anti-Fenian society in this country’: Ribbonism and republicanism in Ulster, 1850-1867.
Rival forms of popular Irish nationalism in 19th century Ulster. By Kerron Ó Luain Founded in Dublin and New York on …
Podcast: Assassination and Execution, Ireland December 1922
Cathal Brennan interviews John Dorney on the assassination of Sean Hales and the reprisal executions of Rory O’Connor, Dick Barret, Lam Mellow …
John Dorney on the 1918 Conscription Crisis
John Dorney speaks at the People’s College on the 1918 Conscription Crisis. Listen below. The British government attempted to extend conscription to …
Brian Hanley on the General Election of 1918
Historian Brian Hanley speaks at the People’s College Dublin about the historic 1918 election in which Sinn Fein won an overall majority …