The Plantation of Ulster: A Brief Overview
By John Dorney The Plantation of Ulster was the project by the English monarchy to colonise the northern province of Ireland with …
Podcast: the Ulster Plantation
John Dorney and Cathal Brennan discuss the colonisation and settlement of Ulster in the seventeenth century. First broadcast on the Irish History …
Podcast: The Nine Years War
Podcast with Cathal Brennan and John Dorney, first broadcast on the Irish History Show. Following on from our show on the Desmond …
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 …
Today in Irish History, January 3, 1602, The Battle of Kinsale
The Decisive battle of the Nine Years War. By John Dorney On Christmas Eve 1601 by English reckoning and January 3 …
Book Review: Young Ireland and the Writing of Irish History
by James Quinn Publisher: UCD Press, Dublin 2015 Reviewer:Daniel Murray James Quinn’s Young Ireland and the Writing of Irish History is a …
‘Dan of the Feathers’
A look at the legend and reality of Donal ‘of the feathers’ MacCarthy, by Chevalier William F.K. Marmion, M.A. After 400 years …