Book Review: Rebels – Voices from the Easter Rising
Rebels – Voices from the Easter Rising By Fearghal McGarry, Penguin Ireland, 2011. Reviewer: John Dorney There is and always has …
The Fenian Invasion Of Canada, 1866
Ian Kenneally the author of From The Earth, A Cry: the story of John Boyle O’Reilly published by The Collins Press writes about the Fenian invasion of Canada in 1866.
Book Review: Unlikely Rebels – The Gifford Girls and the Fight for Irish Freedom
Unlikely Rebels The Gifford Girls and the Fight for Irish Freedom is a well written account of the role which the Gifford sisters
The Home Front – Dublin and World War I
Padraig Yeates, author of, ‘A City in Wartime’, a new book on Dublin during the First World War, talks about the impact the war …
‘Slaves or Freemen?’ Sean McDermott, the IRB and the psychology of the Easter Rising
Sean McDermott has been described as, “the mind behind the Easter Rising”. He wrote that he was “never so happy” as when …
The Tailteann Games, 1924-1936
Cathal Brennan looks at the Irish Free State’s answer to the Olympics – The Tailteann Games of 1924-1932. The advent of mass …
Historical Perspective | Masked Raiders: Irish Banditry in Southern Africa (1880-99
Fascinating book from the sound of this review: Few of these desperadoes would be remembered except for their criminal exploits, but other …