The Decade of Centenaries: A Reflection
By John Dorney The ‘decade of commemorations’, the series of hundred year anniversaries of the momentous events that marked the independence struggle …
Book Review: Kilmichael: the life and afterlife of an ambush
By Eve Morrison, Published by: Irish Academic Press, 2022 ISBN: 9781788551458 Reviewer: Jack Hepworth Commemorating the west Cork IRA ambush of …
Book Review: Free Statism & The Good Old IRA
By Danny Morrison, Published by: Greenisland Press, 2022 Reviewer: Brian Hanley ISBN 9783949573002 €17. £15. In the mid-1980s one of the …
Podcast: Tom Barry and the Kilmichael ambush
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss Tom Barry and the Kilmichael Ambush of November 1920. First Broadcast on the Irish History Show. …
Book Review: Unhappy the Land: The Most Oppressed People, Ever, The Irish?
By Liam Kennedy Published by Irish Academic Press Reviewer Rhona McCord Liam Kennedy’s book is a selection of academic essays linked a …
Book Review: Myth and the Irish State
Title: Myth And The Irish State Author: John M Regan Publisher: Irish Academic Press 2013 ISBN: 978-0-71653-212-5 Price: €27.95 in paperback (cheaper via …
Padraig Lenihan on contesting Irish history
This is an interview with early modern historian Padraig Lenihan on the writing of Irish history from the 16th century down to …