Book Review: Unhappy the Land: The Most Oppressed People, Ever, The Irish?
By Liam Kennedy Published by Irish Academic Press Reviewer Rhona McCord Liam Kennedy’s book is a selection of academic essays linked a …
Opinion: Did the Easter Rising kill Home Rule?
By John Dorney It is often argued that the Easter Rising of 1916 killed the compromise settlement of Home Rule, derailed political …
‘The Mad Dance of Death’: The Ulster Protestant Association in Belfast, 1921-22
Loyalist paramilitaries and the birth of the Northern Irish state. By Michael C. Rast In late 1921, a Belfast police officer …
Today in Irish History – The First Dáil meets and the Soloheadbeg Ambush – 21 January 1919
The declaration of the Irish Republic and first day of the War of Independence. By John Dorney On January 21st 1919, the First …
Conference review – “Reflections on the Revolution in Ulster: The Irish Volunteers in the North, 1913-23”
As part of an outreach programme supported by the UK Lottery’s Heritage Fund, the Cardinal Ó Fiaich Library and Archive (COFLA) in …
The Burning of the Big Houses Revisited 1920-23
By John Dorney The very name ‘Big House’ has a certain resonance in Irish historical memory. The Big House was the citadel …
Sieges and Shootings: The decline of the RIC in Westmeath, 1920
Daniel Murray looks at how a combination of political pressure, resignations and armed attacks by the IRA undermined the Royal Irish Constabulary …