Book Review: The Black & Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920 -1921
Padraig Óg Ó Ruairc reviews The Black & Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920 -1921. By …
Today in Irish History, Cromwell Storms Drogheda, 11 September 1649
Cromwell’s sack of Drogheda and the massacre of the Royalist garrison by the New Model Army in 1649. By John Dorney On …
Today in Irish History, The Truce, 11 July 1921
John Dorney remembers the last day of the Irish War of Independence
Review: Brian Boru King of Ireland
Fin Dwyer, creator of the Irish History Podcast, reviews the reissue of Brian Boru: King Of Ireland by Roger Chatterton Newman. In …
Book Review: Terence MacSwiney The Hunger Strike that Rocked an Empire
Terence MacSwiney The Hunger Strike that Rocked an Empire Dave Hannigan The O’Brien Press, 2010 Reviewer: William Butler While Dave Hannigan’s book …
Book Review: Turning Points in Twentieth Century Irish History
Turning Points in Twentieth Century Irish History Editor; Thomas E. Hachey Irish Academic Press, 2011 Reviewer: John Dorney Simply put, this is …
Today in Irish History, April 26, 1916, The battle at Mount Street Bridge
In an adapted extract from, The Story of the Easter Rising, John Dorney describes the bloody fighting at Mount Street Bridge during …