Book Review: The Dublin Lockout, 1913: New Perspectives on Class War & its Legacy
Editors: Conor McNamara and Pádraig Yeates Irish Academic Press, 2017. Reviewer: Gerard Noonan The centenary of the 1913 Lockout sits somewhat …
The Dublin Brigade IRA 1917-1921
The evolution of the Irish Volunteers in Dublin during the Irish War of Independence. By John Dorney. After the Easter Rising of …
Book Review: The Irish Civil War and Society, Politics Class and Conflict
By Gavin Foster Published by Palgrave MacMillan, London 2015 Reviewer: John Dorney Irish history is often inward looking, almost navel gazing, obsessed …
Book Review: Dublin 1930-1950
Dublin 1930-1950 by Joseph Brady. Publisher: Four Courts Press Reviewer: Rhona McCord Published late last year this 448-page volume is the 5th …
Weapons of the Irish Revolution, Part II, The War of Independence 1919-21
By John Dorney. See Part I, Weapons of the Irish Revolution 1914-16 here. Conventionally, the conflict known as the Irish War of …
‘Progress and Poverty’ – Henry George and Land Reform in modern Ireland
Barry Sheppard on the unlikely influence of an American radical on land reform in Ireland over the 19th and 20th centuries. …
Making Money in Dublin, 1500-2000
John Dorney reports from a conference on money-making in the Irish capital. The Conference was organized by Trinity College Dublin and …