Thomas D’Arcy McGee – The Irish revolutionary who was one of the fathers of the Canadian Confederation
By John Joe McGinley Thomas D’Arcy McGee was a journalist, author, poet, politician and Irish revolutionary, who is now recognised as one …
‘Calculated to excite the minds of the public’: South Ulster and the Young Ireland Rebellion 1848
July 2018 marks the 170th anniversary of the 1848 Young Ireland Rising. This article explores Irish Confederate activism in south Ulster, 1848, …
The Fenians: An Overview
On the 150th anniversary of the Fenian Rebellion of 1867, John Dorney gives an overview of the Fenian movement. The word ‘Fenian’ …
The Great Irish Famine 1845-1851 – A Brief Overview
By John Dorney. See our other overviews here. The Great Famine was a disaster that hit Ireland between 1845 and about 1851, …
‘To Cost You in Blood’ – Rory O’Connor’s 1916 Rising and Aftermath
The first in a series of articles looking at Rory O’Connor’s role in the Irish revolutionary period. By Gerard Shannon. In most …
Book Review: El Proyecto MacNamara
El Proyecto MacNamara, The Maverick Irish Priest and the Race to Seize California 1844-1846 By John Fox Published by Irish Academic Press, …
Today in Irish History, The Repeal Meeting at Clontarf is Banned, 8 October 1843
John Dorney remembers the day that Daniel O’Connell’s agitation for Repeal of the Union between Britain and Ireland was halted in …