Today in Irish History – July 10 1921 – Belfast’s Bloody Sunday
In Irish history, “Bloody Sunday” generally refers to events in Dublin in November 1920 or Derry in January 1972. But there were …
‘This Splendid Historic Organisation’: The Irish Republican Brotherhood among the Anti-Treatyites, 1921-4
Daniel Murray on anti-Treaty attempts to revive the IRB during the Civil War. See also his article on the IRB after 1916. …
Understated Insurgency: The Carlow Brigade in the War of Independence, 1917-1921
By Daniel Murray. See also Bushwhacked, the ambush of the Carlow column. When Pádraig Kane sat down to give his Statement …
Videos of the People’s College Series on the Irish Revolution , lectures 4-6
Part two in the series of the Irish Revolution talks put on by the People’s College and organised by John Dorney and …
Missing In Action – British Servicemen Secretly Buried In Clare During The War of Independence
Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc investigates the disappearance of four British Servicemen in county Clare in 1920-21. As we approach the centenaries of …
The Irish War of Independence – A Brief Overview
Continuing with our series of overviews and following the Overview of the Easter Rising and the Overview of the Irish Civil War, John Dorney tells the essential story …
The battle for Cork City, August 1922 – Interview with John Borgonovo
We interview historian John Borgonovo about his new book on the civil war in Cork. Questions by John Dorney. Click on the …