A Limerick riot
Brian Hanley looks at a riot in Limerick in 1935 At about 10.30pm on the 20th July 1935, a Saturday night, …
Today in Irish History, 9 August 1971, Internment is introduced in Northern Ireland
John Dorney on a turning point in the history of the Northern Ireland conflict. The morning of Monday the 9th of August, …
Book Review: A City in Wartime, Dublin 1914-18
Book Review: A City in Wartime, Dublin 1914-18 Author: Padraig Yeates Gill & MacMillan 2011. Reviewer: John Dorney The most important …
Book Review: Riotous Assemblies – Rebels, Riots and Revolts in Ireland
Riotous Assemblies – Rebels, Riots and Revolts in Ireland, Edited by William Sheehan & Maura Cronin, Mercier 2011. There is much that …
Election Day – 1613
John Dorney looks at the election and meeeting of the first majority-Protestant Parliament in Irish history, in 1613. The Irish Parliament dated back …
Things Fall Apart – The Dublin riot of February 2006
A personal recollection of the riot in Dublin on February 25, 2006. By John Dorney. In early 2006, a group of northern …