The Mother and Child Scheme – The role of Church and State.
Rhona McCord takes a fresh look at the clash of ideologies and interests in the Irish state over the Mother and Child …
Book Review – The Civic Guard Mutiny
Title: The Civic Guard Mutiny Author: Brian McCarthy Publisher: Mercier Press Date of Publication: 2012 ISBN: 978-1-78117-045-8 Price: €14.99 Reviewer: Cathal Brennan The …
Democracy in Ireland – A Short History
A short history of democracy and the right to vote in Ireland, By John Dorney. Liberal democracy, since the end of the …
TV documentary Review: In the Name of the Republic
Broadcast TV3, 18 and 25 March 2013. Tile Films 2013. Reviewer: John Dorney In this programme Eunan O’Halpin, who has spent …
The Irish War of Independence – A Brief Overview
Continuing with our series of overviews and following the Overview of the Easter Rising and the Overview of the Irish Civil War, John Dorney tells the essential story …
The Irish Civil War – A brief overview
John Dorney lays out the need-to-know facts about the Irish Civil war of 1922-23. For more detailed articles see, The Irish Story, …
Today in Irish History –The Fenian Rebellion, March 5, 1867
John Dorney on the abortive republican insurrection of 1867. Very early on the morning of March 5th 1867, many thousands of young …