Ireland and South African Politics – A Tangled History
On the day after the death of the iconic South African leader Nelson Mandela, John Dorney has a quick look at how …
A Report of the Athlone Irish Civil War Conference 23 November 2013
John Dorney reports on the Old Athlone Society’s Conference on the Irish Civil War, held in Custume Barracks Athlone, November 23 1923. …
Book Review: The Irish Volunteers 1913-1915: Recollections and Documents
The Irish Volunteers 1913-1915: Recollections and Documents Edited by F.X. Martin, O.S.A., 1963 Original Foreward by Éamon De Valera, 1963 New Foreward …
To Not Fade Away: The Irish Republican Brotherhood Post-1916
Daniel C Murray investigates the role of the Irish Republican Brotherhood in the Irish revolution after 1916. Every Dog Has its …
Book Review: ‘Franz S. Haselbeck’s Ireland – Selected Photographs’
Compiled by: Patricia Haselbeck Flynn Publisher: The Collins Press, 2013 Price: €24.99 Reviewer: Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc There can be little doubt …
Book Review: ‘The Republic – The Fight for Irish Independence.’
By: Charles Townshend Publisher: Allen Lane, 2013 Price: €27.99 Reviewer: Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc Forty years ago Charles Townshend’s first book …
Opinion: Commemorating Kilmichael
Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc on the pitfalls of commemorating the Kilmichael ambush. The Southern Star newspaper recently reported (3rd August 2013) that Cork …