Book Review: Birth of a State, The Anglo-Irish Treaty
By Liam Weeks and Micheál O Fathartaigh Published by Irish Academic Press, 2021 ISBN:9781788551595 Reviewer: John Dorney Readers in Ireland (and many …
Interview: Joe Connell on Guerrilla Warfare in Ireland 1919-1921
Joe Connell is the author of the newly published, The Shadow War, Michael Collins and the Politics of Violence. Here he is …
In the Presence of His Enemies: The Controversy of James Dalton, May 1920
Daniel Murray on the murky, unsolved killing of IRA intelligence officer James Dalton in May 1920 during the Irish War of Independence. …
Ireland and South African Politics – A Tangled History
On the day after the death of the iconic South African leader Nelson Mandela, John Dorney has a quick look at how …
Charles Bianconi and The Transport Revolution, 1800 – 1875
How a self made Italian entrepreneur helped to revolutionise travel in 19th century Ireland. By Brian Igoe. By 1800 there were just two …
Achill Island 1912: A Microcosm of Swirling Political Movements
Patricia Byrne looks at Scoil Acla, a summer school on Achill Island in the early 1900s and through it, at the changing …
Walking with Yeats on Cave Hill: Alice Milligan and the Irish Cultural Revival – NLI Exhibition
Patricia Byrne reviews the National Library’s exhibition on Alice Millgan and the Irish Cultural Revival. Extensive archival resources from the National Library …