Podcast: Elections in Ireland from the Treaty of Limerick to Catholic Emancipation
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss election to the Irish Parliament between 1691 and 1829. First broadcast on the Irish History Show. …
Michael Collins, Northern Ireland and the Northern Offensive, May 1922
By Patrick Concannon As we enter the next few years of commemoration they will be dominated by huge historical events like the …
The Rise and Fall of the Dáil Courts, 1919-1922
By John Dorney The Republican or Dáil Courts were one of the signal achievements of the Irish nationalist revolution of 1919-21. Across …
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 …
Reflecting on The Civil War in Dublin
John Dorney on his new book The Civil War in Dublin the Fight for the Irish capital. Joseph Conrad began his famous …
Book Review: Out of the Ashes, an oral history of the Provisional Irish Republican Movement
By Robert W. White Published by Merrion Press, 2017. Reviewer: John Dorney Robert White is an American sociologist, who over 30 years …
Book Review: Charlie One, The True Story of an Irishman in the British Army and His Role in Covert Counter-Terrorism Operations in Northern Ireland
By Seán Hartnett Published by Merrion Press, 2016 Reviewer: Daniel Murray Special ops memoirs can be a crapshoot in terms of …