The Strange History of the term ‘Tory’ in Ireland
By John Dorney In a famous scene of James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’, set in turn of the twentieth century Dublin, the protagonist Stephen …
Catalonia and Ireland
In the aftermath of the putative independence referendum in Catalonia, on October 1, 2017, John Dorney looks at some of the parallels …
Book Review: Big Jim Larkin: Hero or Wrecker?
By Emmet O’Connor, Published by: University College Dublin Press, (Dublin, 2015) Reviewer: Gerard Noonan Jim Larkin’s life has a biblical quality to it. …
Commemorating the Easter Rising Part I, 1917-1936
How was the insurrection of 1916 commemorated? The first part of a two part article by John Dorney The Easter Rising of …
Ireland and South African Politics – A Tangled History
On the day after the death of the iconic South African leader Nelson Mandela, John Dorney has a quick look at how …
Brian Hanley on the IRA – Part I – Ideology
In the first of a two-part interview, John Dorney talks to Brian Hanley, author of The IRA A Documentary History, 1919-2005, about …
Book Review ~ IRA The Bombs And The Bullets: A History of Deadly Ingenuity ~ A.R. Oppenheimer
Title: IRA: The Bombs and the Bullets: A History of Deadly Ingenuity Author: A.R. Oppenheimer Publisher: Irish Academic Press ISBN: 978-0-7165-2895-1 REVIEWER: …