The Siege of Tralee, November 1 – 9, 1920.
John Dorney on an ugly cycle of reprisals in Kerry in the War of Independence. On 31 October 1920, the Sinn Fein Lord …
The Irish Story Archive on the Irish Civil war
The Irish Civil War ripped apart the independence movement from 1922-23. This is an archive of our articles to date on the …
Casualties of the Irish Civil War in Dublin
Towards a figure for civil war casualties in Dublin and environs, January 1922-November 1924. By John Dorney. (Final update September 2016) It …
Today in Irish History, April 26, 1916, The battle at Mount Street Bridge
In an adapted extract from, The Story of the Easter Rising, John Dorney describes the bloody fighting at Mount Street Bridge during …
Today in Irish History – The Upton Ambush, February 15 1921.
On this day, in west Cork, in 1921, at least eleven people were killed in a vicious ten-minute firefight at Upton train station …
Wellington Barracks, Dublin, 1922 – A Microcosm of the Irish Civil War
John Dorney looks at Wellington Barracks during the first 6 months of the Irish Civil War. We often concentrate on the emotional impact of …