‘Neither very good nor very bad’: The Dunmanway workhouse, County Cork 1841-1920
By John Dorney The workhouse was the last recourse of the poor in nineteenth century Ireland. In return for work, those otherwise …
Book Review:Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, suffragette and Sinn-Feiner: her memoirs and political writings
By Margaret Ward (ed.) Published by UCD Press (2017) Reviewer: Fionnuala Walsh ‘Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, I would say, was the ablest of …
Women, the Vote and Nationalist Revolution in Ireland
Women, the right to vote and the struggle for Irish independence. By John Dorney This year, 2018, marks the centenary of women’s …
Mrs. Brophy’s Late Husband
Shortly before James Brophy was killed in Dublin during Ireland’s War of Independence, an Irish immigrant of the same name disappeared from …
‘Like another Luther’: Lady Jane Franklin’s visit to Achill Island recalled
Patricia Byrne on Lady Jane Franklin’s visit to Achill and the controversial Protestant mission there. See also her article on Edward Nangle’s …
Today in Irish History, 9 July 1917: The Death of Muriel MacDonagh
Muriel MacDonagh, wife of executed 1916 leader Thomas MacDonagh, outlived him by just one year. By Gerard Shannon On 9th July 1917, …
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 …