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A church 'in decline'? The pre-Reformation Irish Church

A church 'in decline'? The pre-Reformation Irish Church



Henry A. Jefferies challenges the notion that the Irish Church was ‘in decline’ on the eve of the Tudor reformations by pointing to a wealth of architectural and archaeological evidence to the contrary.
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A sexual revolution in the west of Ireland?
A sexual revolution in the west of Ireland?

Paul Gray and Liam Kennedy unravel the puzzle of an apparent surge in illegitimate births in post-Famine Kilrush and consider more generally the plight of unmarried mothers in mid-Victorian Ireland.

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Bishop Robert Daly: Ireland's "Protestant pope"
Bishop Robert Daly: Ireland's "Protestant pope"

Eugene Broderick outlines the career of militant evangelical bishop Robert Daly, scourge of popery and opponent of secular national schools.

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"It's a long way to Salonika": Irish soldiers in the Balkans in World War I
"It's a long way to Salonika": Irish soldiers in the Balkans in World War I

On this, the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, attention has rightly focused on the experiences of the 16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) Divisions in that epic confrontation. Very little is heard of the third Irish division, the 10th, which served for most of the war on the Salonika front.
Alice McDermott and Mark Power redress the balance.

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State within a state: the Nazis in neutral Ireland
State within a state: the Nazis in neutral Ireland

How did Nazi Party members secure top state jobs in 1930s Ireland? And as the Second World War approached, what were the German Nazis up to here? David O’Donoghue has been investigating the murky past of the men who risked everything by trying to serve two masters.

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Waiting for Home Rule in County Kildare
Waiting for Home Rule in County Kildare

Fiona Nelson, winner of the 2006 Schools’ Prize in History senior category, assesses the impact of the 1912 Home Rule bill, and its ultimate suspension, on public opinion in County Kildare.

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Keeping an eye on the usual suspects: Dublin Castle’s ‘Personalities Files’, 1899–1921
Keeping an eye on the usual suspects: Dublin Castle’s ‘Personalities Files’, 1899–1921

Fearghal McGarry sheds light on a key source for students of the Irish revolution—a collection of 19,000 pages of secret intelligence documents on 500 republican suspects.

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