Shunned. Ostracised. Excommunicated … Boycotted. The tribulations of Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott
By Myles Dungan ‘Mayo people do not steal, and if they shot a stranger, it would only be by mistake for a …
‘A Hard Bargain’ An Analysis of the Social and Economic Background of Kerry in the Early Twentieth Century
Life and work in County Kerry, 100 years ago. By Kieran McNulty Sunday was “hiring–day” for the farmers and farm labourers gathered outside …
Guerrilla Days in Kerry, an interview with Thomas Earls Fitzgerald
Thomas Earls Fitzgerald, who has been researching the Irish Revolution in County Kerry, talks to John Dorney of the Irish Story about …
“Don’t tell your mother or I’ll kill you.” The murder of baby William Holden, 1923.
Colm Wallace tells the story of a shocking crime in rural Kilkenny in April 1923. After the Civil War finished the Irish …
‘Rough and Ready Work’ – The Special Infantry Corps
John Dorney looks at a unit of the National Army raised during the Civil War of 1922-23 to put down agrarian agitation …
Book Review: Witches, Spies and Stockholm Syndrome – Life in Medieval Ireland
By Finbar Dwyer Published by New Island Press, 2013 Reviewer: John Dorney Medieval Ireland is a world that is lost to …
Weapons of his own Forging: Edward Nangle, Controversial in Life and in Death
Patricia Byrne writes about an intriguing character and the impact of Protestant missionary work on Achill Island in the 19th Century. One …