Making Sense of the Irish Civil War – A Conversation with Gavin Foster
Professor Gavin Foster of the Department of Canadian Irish studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec in conversation with John Dorney about the Irish …
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 …
‘The distinction is a fine but real one.’- Sectarianism in County Clare during the War of Independence
Padraig Óg Ó’Ruairc looks at the existence or lack thereof of sectarian violence in Clare during the War of Independence. For more from Padraig read his books, …
Book Review: The IRA, A Documentary History 1916-2005
The IRA, A Documentary History 1916 – 2005 Brian Hanley 9780717148134 Gill & Macmillan Reviewer: Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc The IRA: A …
The Irish War of Independence – A Religious War? Part I
In this, the first part of a three part audio feature, we look at the hotly debated question of whether the Irish War of …
Dublin in 1913
In this first of two interviews with Padraig Yeates, journalist, historian and author of Lockout: Dublin 1913, we talk about the Irish …
Book Review ~ The Rising, Ireland, Easter 1916 ~ Fearghal McGarry
Title: The Rising, Ireland: Easter 1916 Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-19280-186-9 REVIEWER: John Dorney You can listen to Fearghal talk …