Podcast: Elections in Ireland from Middle Ages to Penal Laws
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney discuss the origins of the Irish Parliament from its foundation in the medieval lordship through the early …
Book Review: Was Cromwell Framed?
Cromwell was Framed, Ireland 1649 By Tom Reilly Published by Chronos Books, London, 2014 Reviewer: John Dorney Oliver Cromwell’s name is …
The Eleven Years War 1641-52 – A Brief Overview
John Dorney lays out the essential facts on the war of 1641-52 -a war that pitted Catholic against Protestant, Royalist against Parliamentarian, …
Today in Irish History, Cromwell Storms Drogheda, 11 September 1649
Cromwell’s sack of Drogheda and the massacre of the Royalist garrison by the New Model Army in 1649. By John Dorney On …
Book Review: God’s Executioner
Patrick Fresne reviews God’s Executioner, by Michael O Siochru – an account of the devastating English Parliamentarian Conquest of Ireland in 1649-1653. …
Padraig Lenihan and the 17th Century in Ireland
In our discussion of 20th century Irish nationalism, we often talk about Irish nationalism springing from the Irish Catholic identity – a …