A Limerick riot
Brian Hanley looks at a riot in Limerick in 1935 At about 10.30pm on the 20th July 1935, a Saturday night, …
To Remember or Commemorate? Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc on the RIC Memorial
Opinion piece by Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc on the opening of a memorial to the Royal Irish Constabulary at Glasnevin Cemetery. Tens …
The Postal Strike of 1922
Cathal Brennan tells the story of the Postal strike of September 1922, in which the postal unions struck against pay cuts in …
James Fitzgerald at Kilmallock – The Protestant Reformation fails in Ireland
Kilmallock 1600. An episode of the failure of the Protestant Reformation in Ireland. By John Dorney In the summer of 1600, …
Book Review: The Story of the Irish Civil War
Review: The Story of the Irish Civil War 1922-1923 by John Dorney, Green Lamp, 2010 Reviewer: Brian Hanley ‘Brother against brother’ ‘Green …
Book Review: Riotous Assemblies – Rebels, Riots and Revolts in Ireland
Riotous Assemblies – Rebels, Riots and Revolts in Ireland, Edited by William Sheehan & Maura Cronin, Mercier 2011. There is much that …
Deserters or spies? British Soldiers Executed At Lough Attorick
by Padraig Og O Ruairc looks at the case of three British soldiers executed at Lough Attorick on 20th February 1921. On …