Podcast: The Orange Order and the Twelfth of July
John Dorney and Cathal Brennan of the Irish History Show discuss the history of the Orange Order and the Twelfth of July. …
Podcast: Assassination and Execution, Ireland December 1922
Cathal Brennan interviews John Dorney on the assassination of Sean Hales and the reprisal executions of Rory O’Connor, Dick Barret, Lam Mellow …
John Dorney on the 1918 Conscription Crisis
John Dorney speaks at the People’s College on the 1918 Conscription Crisis. Listen below. The British government attempted to extend conscription to …
People’s College History Talks 2018
This year, 2018 is the centenary of one of the most important years of modern Irish history, 1918. The Irish Story is …
The IRA’s War on Public Entertainment – The Amusements Order of 1923.
How the anti-Treaty IRA forbade ‘public amusements’ at a ‘time of national mourning’. By John Dorney On the morning of April 20, …
The Irish Story Top Ten articles of 2017
These were our top ten most read articles of 2017. Thanks to all our readers and contributors and happy 2018 to you …
Interview: Tomas MacConmara on 1917 in Ireland and the death of Thomas Ashe
Tomas MacConmara has written a new book entitled Days of Hunger, the Clare Volunteers and the Mountjoy Hunger strike of 1917. Here …