In the current issue
History Ireland MAY / JUNE 2026
- Fool of fortune—Stanislaus Joyce’s wartime travails
- The Cairo Gang—ending the confusion
- Corpus Christi in Cork
- Ireland and empire
- Fianna Fáil and the local press in Kerry, 1926–33
- The Royal Dublin Society and the Legacies of Empire Project, 1731–1877
- The first Irish Celt—Tadhg Ó Neachtain (d. c. 1752)
By Owen O’Shea The Irish Press—which Éamon de Valera and others founded in 1931 ‘to give the truth...
By Antóin O’Callaghan In Cork during the early years of the twentieth century the feast of Corpus...
By Joseph McKenna There is confusion over the Cairo Gang, the origin of the name and the men...
By Angus Mitchell Easter Week 1916: as gunfire echoed across Dublin, a small band of Irish Citizen...
James Joyce’s brother and long-time resident of Trieste found himself in the crosshairs of the...
By Cora Crampton ‘Whenever the Irish past is invoked, we must ask ourselves not only by which groups...
Following on from Trinity College Dublin’s Legacies of Slavery Project, Rachael Scally investigates...
By Patrick Wadden Ian Stewart’s magnificent recent book, The Celts: a modern history, and Mark...
By Maurice Hartigan In States of Ireland (1972), Conor Cruise O’Brien, the Labour Party’s spokesman...
Regulars
According to the US Department of Veterans Affairs (https://department.va.gov/americas-wars/), the...
According to the US Department of Veterans Affairs (https://department.va.gov/americas-wars/), the...
BY DONAL FALLON MICHAEL DAVITT EXHIBITION Running until June 2026, Character is Better than Wealth: The Enduring Legacy of Michael Davitt is a new temporary...
By Lar Joye When the Ulster Volunteer Force and the Irish Volunteers were created in 1913 as private armies, there was a precedent. In 1859 the British government called for the formation of volunteer...
By Brian Casey The Dublin Cemeteries Committee had been concerned about the rowdy behaviour of mourners at Glasnevin Cemetery since its first opening in 1832. In January 1852 it decided to close the...
From The Archives
Michael Collins military dictator
By John M. Regan This article first appeared in: THE SPLIT-Treaty to Civil War 1921–23 published by Wordwell as a supplement to History Ireland in 2021 priced €12. Copies are still available
The Truce and preliminary negotiations between de Valera and Lloyd George
By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr As British hopes for a military victory in the War of Independence faded, they began to wonder whether Ireland was worth the price in lives
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