The Burning of Cork: December 11-12, 1920
The Auxiliaries burn out the centre of Cork city in reprisal for an IRA ambush. By John Dorney On the morning of …
‘Cowardly, Cunning and Contemptible’ – The British campaign in Dublin, 1919-1921.
The British counter-insurgency campaign in Dublin 1919-1921. By John Dorney. A British Army private, J.P Swindlehurst, stationed in Dublin from January …
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 …
The Pearse Street Ambush, Dublin, March 14, 1921
An episode of the Irish War of Independence. Thirteen people die in Dublin. By John Dorney Dublin awoke on the morning to …
Today in Irish History, The Burning of the Custom House, 25 May 1921
A famous act of symbolic destruction by the IRA in Dublin during the War of Independence, but also a military disaster for …
“When Aungier Street became the Dardanelles” – Interview with James Durney
Historian James Durney talks to John Dorney and Cathal Brennan about the experience of a street in Dublin, nicknamed, “the Dardanelles” by British …