Perspectives on The Easter Rising, Part I – Rebels
In the first part of a series of audio features, we discuss aspects of the Easter Rising with historians. Here John Dorney …
‘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 …
Book Review: Shadow of the Brotherhood, The Temple Bar Shootings
Book Review: Shadow of the Brotherhood, The Temple Bar Shootings Barry, Kennerk, Mercier, 2010. Reviewer: John Dorney In Dublin on October 31, …
Today in Irish History –The Fenian Rebellion, March 5, 1867
John Dorney on the abortive republican insurrection of 1867. Very early on the morning of March 5th 1867, many thousands of young …