The General Strike and Irish independence
How the syndicalist idea of a general strike contributed to the independence of Ireland. By John Dorney In the late 19th and …
The All-for-Ireland League 1909-1918
Many familiar with Irish history of this period are more than aware of the centrality of the Home Rule Party, as Conor …
Achill Island 1912: A Microcosm of Swirling Political Movements
Patricia Byrne looks at Scoil Acla, a summer school on Achill Island in the early 1900s and through it, at the changing …
The MacCarthys and the Nine Years War in Munster. 1595-1603
The Nine Years saw the final conquest of Gaelic Ireland by the Elizabethans. John Dorney looks at how it affected one powerful …
Today In Irish History – Henry II Lands At Waterford And Claims Ireland For Himself, 18 October.
~1171~ One of the frustrations in history, is dating, in particular tying an event some 900 or so years ago to a …
Dublin in 1913
In this first of two interviews with Padraig Yeates, journalist, historian and author of Lockout: Dublin 1913, we talk about the Irish …