Belfast and the North 1920-22

As the War of Independence raged in southern Ireland a different type and more deadly form of conflict erupted in the northeast, and in Belfast in particular. Should this be considered part […]

Bloody Sunday 1920—the Tipperary connection

Founded in Thurles in 1884, the GAA has had a long association with Tipperary, an association intensified by the events of Bloody Sunday, 21 November 1920, when Crown forces attacked […]

Commemorating Bloody Sunday in the Junior Cycle history classroom

Commemorating Bloody Sunday in the Junior Cycle history classroom In the early morning of Sunday 21 November 1920 units of Dublin’s IRA assassinated 11 suspected British intelligence agents; two Auxiliaries […]

The West’s awake!—Revolution in Roscommon 1916–1921

The West’s awake!—Revolution in Roscommon 1916–1921 Roscommon was one of the first counties to reflect the ‘utter change’ of the post-1916 period, with the election of the first Sinn Féin-backed […]

In Mountjoy Jail one Monday morning…’—the Irish Revolution in ballad and song

Kevin Barry is one of the most popular, and certainly one of the most sung, of Irish ballads. But who was Kevin Barry? Why was he immortalised in song? And what […]