Book Review: The Military Archives: A History
By Daniel Ayiotis Published by Wordwell Books, 2022 Reviewer: Daniel Murray How much work goes into the making of an archive? Rather …
The Boys of the Old Brigade – The IRA Third Northern Division
Kieran Glennon, author of From Pogrom to Civil War – Tom Glennon and the Belfast IRA, describes how this material charts the …
‘We had to go forward’ – The Mountjoy Hunger Strike of 1917
The hunger strike of 1917 and the death of Thomas Ashe. By Dr. Tomás Mac Conmara Having achieved an historic victory, getting …
Episode at Easter – The 1916 Rising in Louth
In the midst of the recent centenary commemorations many local contributions to the Rising have started to come to light. One such …
The Ellis Quarry Killings
Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc on the debate on a controversial killing on the last day of the Irish War of Independence. On …
Today in Irish History – July 10 1921 – Belfast’s Bloody Sunday
In Irish history, “Bloody Sunday” generally refers to events in Dublin in November 1920 or Derry in January 1972. But there were …