GAA honours First World War veterans

In recent years the commemoration of those who participated in the First World War has become less contentious. By William Murphy In an initiative that attracted considerable attention, each day […]

‘Motors wanted!’

Cars, canvassing and conveyance during the election. By Leanne Blaney ‘Depressing and dull’ was how one English journalist described the conditions on polling day in London during the 1918 general […]

100 YEARS AGO: The 1918 general election

By Joe Connell Following the armistice that ended the First World War on 11 November 1918, the British government called a general election for 14 December, in which Sinn Féin […]

CENTENARY: The women who died for Ireland

Cumann na mBan fatalities in the War of Independence and Civil War. By Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc This year marks several important milestones in the history of women’s struggle in […]

The capture and death of Major Geoffrey Lee Compton-Smith, 1921

By Saoirse Ní Shíocháin Geoffrey Lee Compton-Smith was born in 1889 in South Kensington, London. After finishing school, he decided not to follow the family tradition of studying law. He […]