Localised successes at Mons

The focal point of the Battle of Mons (23 August 1914) was a loop in the canal that attracted fierce German assaults. Therein, a machine-gun section commanded by Lt Maurice […]

Battle of the Aisne

When the Allies reached the Aisne in mid-September, they found that the Germans had dug in on high ground overlooking the river. Having successfully crossed a shaky pontoon bridge under […]

A seamless robe of Irish experience’: the First World War, the Irish Revolution and centenary commemoration

The First World War was the most pivotal event in modern Irish history. Arguably few other European nations were as fundamentally transformed by the war as Ireland was, and the […]

Dublin/Monaghan bombings, 1974

Sir,—Dr Brian Hanley’s ‘“The forgotten massacre”: responses to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings’ (HI 22.3, May/June 2014) provides a very full account of both the political and media responses in […]

Iron and Coal—the Irish dimension

Sir,—Your readers may be interested to learn that the painting Iron and Coal by William Bell Scott, which illustrates Eoin Dillon’s article on modernity, economic crisis and international aid (HI […]