Shunned. Ostracised. Excommunicated … Boycotted. The tribulations of Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott
By Myles Dungan ‘Mayo people do not steal, and if they shot a stranger, it would only be by mistake for a …
Ireland and the Anglo-Zulu War, 1879
By John Dorney On January 22, 1879, under a mountain named Isandlwana, a Zulu force, some 20,000 strong attacked a British military …
Book Review:Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, suffragette and Sinn-Feiner: her memoirs and political writings
By Margaret Ward (ed.) Published by UCD Press (2017) Reviewer: Fionnuala Walsh ‘Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, I would say, was the ablest of …
First Daffodil Day organised by Irish feminists, April 100 years ago
Conor Mulvagh on a little known piece of Dublin history: the first daffodil day, which was for women’s suffrage rather than (as …
The People’s College Lecture Series on the Irish Revolution. Lectures 1-3
The People’s College with Irish Story contributors John Dorney and Cathal Brennan, are running a series of historical lectures. See below, the …
Book Review: Conspiracy: Irish Political Trials, Myles Dungan
Title: Conspiracy: Irish Political Trials Author: Myles Dungan ISBN: 978-1-90489-058-4 Price: €14.99 (cheaper from the publisher’s website) Publisher: Prism, an imprint of …
Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh -The Limbless Landlord
Brian Igoe looks at the career of an extraordinary 19th century landlord and his times. This is a summary of the little …