The worst single episode of loss of life suffered by the Irish Defence Forces since the Civil War.  By Terence O’Reilly By September 1941 the Second World War had been […]

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The annual release of government files under the so-called ’30 year rule’ means that as of today, 27 December, one can now peek behind the scenes at some of the […]

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[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20130425-HistoryIrelandShow-008-IrishArmyDesertersAndTheMoralityOfNeutrality.mp3″] Click the Play button to listen To download file, right click this link and select “Save link as..” Venue: National Library of Ireland, Date and time: 7.30pm Wednesday 16 […]

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Hugh O’Flaherty was actually born in Cork in 1898 (his father was in the RIC) but he grew up in Killarney, where his parents had settled down. A noted athlete […]

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