The Tunnellers of Mountjoy,1923
By Christopher Lee. In 1923, after days of heavy rain the ground around the Mountjoy Prison blocks became sodden. An armoured car …
Hugh O’Neill and Nine Years War, 1594-1603
By John Dorney In the early part of the 16th century the English Tudor monarchs had embarked on a project to bring …
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 …
Book Review: Emmet Dalton, Somme Soldier, Irish General, Film Pioneer
By Sean Boyne, Published by Merrion Press, 2014. Reviewer: John Dorney Emmet Dalton’s career is so unlikely it seems amazing that no …
Today in Irish History – Assassination of Sean Hales, December 7 1922
John Dorney looks at the savage bout of assassinations and executions in December 1922 during the Irish Civil War. On December 6th, …