The death of Thomas Keating: A Civil War Killing in Waterford
By David Prendergast On April 11th 1923, Thomas Keating, the 30-year-old guerrilla commandant of the Waterford IRA 2nd Battalion, was trekking through the …
Book Review: Everyday Violence in the Irish Civil War
By Gemma Clark Published by Cambridge University Press, 2014. Reviewer: John Dorney In this book, the author, Gemma Clark, attempts to quantify …
‘Rough and Ready Work’ – The Special Infantry Corps
John Dorney looks at a unit of the National Army raised during the Civil War of 1922-23 to put down agrarian agitation …
Ireland and the great flu epidemic of 1918
John Dorney takes a look at the great killer in Ireland in 1918-19, not political violence or the Great War, but the …
Irish Women and World War I – an Interview with Fionnuala Walsh.
John Dorney speaks to Fionnuala Walsh about Irish women during the first total war. In Ireland, the First World War saw not only participation in …
‘Waterford Parted from the Sea’ – The Irish in Newfoundland
Shay Dunphy explores the historical and cultural links between south-east Ireland and Newfoundland in Canada. The first Europeans arrived on Newfoundland’s shores as early as …
Charles Bianconi and The Transport Revolution, 1800 – 1875
How a self made Italian entrepreneur helped to revolutionise travel in 19th century Ireland. By Brian Igoe. By 1800 there were just two …