The 100th Irish History Show Episode
An anniversary podcast with Cathal Brennan and John Dorney, celebrating the 100the episode of the Irish History Show. Many thanks to all …
The Plantation of Ulster: A Brief Overview
By John Dorney The Plantation of Ulster was the project by the English monarchy to colonise the northern province of Ireland with …
Podcast: The UCC Irish Civil War Fatalities Project
Cathal Brennan discusses the Irish Civil War Fatality Project of University College Cork with John Dorney, who was one of the principle …
The UCC Civil War Fatality Project – Counting the dead of the Irish Civil War
By John Dorney During fighting between pro and anti-Treaty forces in Limerick city in July 1922, Catherine Sexton was penned in her …
The Decade of Centenaries: A Reflection
By John Dorney The ‘decade of commemorations’, the series of hundred year anniversaries of the momentous events that marked the independence struggle …
‘They killed idealism in my soul’ – the end of the Irish Civil War
John Dorney If the Irish revolution began arguably with the Home Rule crisis of 1912-13, or perhaps with the Easter Rising of …
‘A terror to the countryside’: Civil War reprisals in Cork and Kerry
By John Dorney It would have been difficult to convince members of the Irish Republican Army in July 1921, the time of …