‘Neither very good nor very bad’: The Dunmanway workhouse, County Cork 1841-1920
By John Dorney The workhouse was the last recourse of the poor in nineteenth century Ireland. In return for work, those otherwise …
Revisiting the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Movement: 1968-69
By John Dorney This year, 2018, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights movement. Its first …
Arthur Conan Doyle and the Irish Literary Society
Jane Stanford on Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, and his links with Ireland. The Anglo-Celtic race has always run …
Book Review: Dublin 1930-1950
Dublin 1930-1950 by Joseph Brady. Publisher: Four Courts Press Reviewer: Rhona McCord Published late last year this 448-page volume is the 5th …
Democracy in Ireland – A Short History
A short history of democracy and the right to vote in Ireland, By John Dorney. Liberal democracy, since the end of the …
Book Review: A City in Turmoil, Dublin 1919-1921
A City in Turmoil, Dublin 1919-1921 By Padraig Yeates Gill & Macmillan, 2012. Reviewer: John Dorney Padraig Yeates’ history of Dublin …
Near FM History Show II – The History of Dublin Corporation
Second episode of The History Show on Near90 FM. The History Show is presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney and in …