social history

The Economic War, 1932-38

By John Dorney In 2025, the world has once again become acutely aware of the use of tariffs as an instrument of …

By John Dorney On 26 September 1791, two convict ships landed at Bottany Bay, at Sydney, Australia. One was the Active from …

By Mark Holan Dungloe (An Clochán Liath) in County Donegal is 170 miles northwest of Dublin, about a three-and-a-half-hour drive today. The …

By John Dorney Coolattin estate, located in southern County Wicklow, once sprawled across nearly half of the county, taking in thousands of …

By Caroline Crowley To those of us reared in poverty it is not so difficult to take up the cause of emancipation …

By Myles Dungan ‘Mayo people do not steal, and if they shot a stranger, it would only be by mistake for a …

By Kevin C. Kearns Published by Gill Books, 2023 Reviewer: Sylvie Kleinman ISBN: 9780717195619 Kevin C. Kearns has written a multi-facetted social …