A Stroll Through Rebel Cork
By Dara Burke. Dara runs a Cork city walking tour in his spare time Picture the scene. Groups of armed men stalking Cork …
The Rise and Fall of the Dáil Courts, 1919-1922
By John Dorney The Republican or Dáil Courts were one of the signal achievements of the Irish nationalist revolution of 1919-21. Across …
The death of Volunteer Seán Doyle: ‘A conflict of testimony’’
By Aaron Ó Maonaigh On 19 September 1920, Seán Doyle of the 4th Battalion, Dublin Brigade’s engineering section was shot and killed …
Robert Byrne – the IRA Volunteer and Trade Unionist whose killing sparked the “Limerick Soviet”.
By Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc Although there had been some skirmishes between the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and British forces in Ireland …
Today in Irish History, 10 April 1923, Liam Lynch is killed.
The death of Liam Lynch signalled the effective end of the Irish Civil War. By John Dorney A small group of trench-coated …
‘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 …
Book Review: Courage Boys, We Are Winning – An Illustrated History of the 1916 Rising
By Michael Barry. Published by Andulus Press, Dublin. 2015 Reviewer: Patricia Curtin Kelly Very few contemporary artists depicted events that occurred around …