The perfect symbol – Italia 90 and Irish Identity
A personal view on how international football and Irish identity collided in the 1990 World Cup. By John Dorney. The Republic of …
Discussion of the Easter Rising
Our final piece of Easter week material for 2012, a radio discussion on the insurrection. This is Episode 5 of The History Show …
A stroll through Jewish Dublin
A glance at part of Dublin’s past and present, by John Dorney. The South Circular Road in Dublin looks like what you’d …
‘One skilled scientist is worth an army’ – The Fenian Dynamite campaign 1881-85
Shane Kenna delves into the background of the Fenian bombing campaign in England in the 1880s. What they aspire to and what …
Southern Troubles – An interview with Brian Hanley
John Dorney caught up with historian Brian Hanley recently at the National Library of Ireland to discuss his latest research project – …
Peter Hart and the Dunmanway killings controversy
John Dorney looks at one of the most heated debates in modern Irish history. In April of 1922, during the period of …
Today in Irish History, The Repeal Meeting at Clontarf is Banned, 8 October 1843
John Dorney remembers the day that Daniel O’Connell’s agitation for Repeal of the Union between Britain and Ireland was halted in …