The Burning of Cork: December 11-12, 1920
The Auxiliaries burn out the centre of Cork city in reprisal for an IRA ambush. By John Dorney On the morning of …
Book Review: The Dublin Lockout, 1913: New Perspectives on Class War & its Legacy
Editors: Conor McNamara and Pádraig Yeates Irish Academic Press, 2017. Reviewer: Gerard Noonan The centenary of the 1913 Lockout sits somewhat …
Film Review: No Stone Unturned
Directed by Alex Gibney 2017 Reviewer: John Dorney This film, on limited release in Ireland, should be causing mass outrage. And yet …
Book Review: Monteith: The Making of a Rebel
By Catherine C. Smyth (2017) Reviewer: Daniel Murray Roger Casement was a sick man. Amidst all the uncertainties facing the tiny band …
The Gardaí in the 1920s – A Troubled Beginning
By Colm Wallace, whose new book The Fallen details Gardaí who lost their lives in the line of duty. The Gardaí have …
‘Preserving the spirit of the movement’: The IRA, the Broadway Cinema and the 1943 Easter Rising commemoration
By Alison Martin In comparison to some of the Easter Rising commemorations which took place around the time of key anniversaries, there …
Book Review: After the Rising: Soldiers, Lawyers and Trials of the Irish Revolution,
By Seán Enright Published by: Irish Academic Press (2016) Reviewer: Daniel Murray Thomas Traynor was charged with murder on the 6th April …