A sheep in wolf’s clothing no match for the wise serpent

Another look at the 23 April 1918 general strike against conscription. By Padraig Yeates As the Voice of Labour, the organ of the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union, put […]

Michael Collins’s jail journal, 2–21 April 1918

‘The head of a landlord in one hand and the tail of a cow in the other—these are the arguments to use when you argue with an Englishman.’ By Phelim […]

A Protestant Sinn Féiner

The political conversion of Orangeman Frederick Youell. By Quincey Dougan In its 21 January 1909 edition, the Belfast Weekly News contained an editorial entitled ‘The Vanguard County’, a report on […]

Dependency claims for the Civil War executed in the Military Service (1916–1923) Pensions Collection

There is much in these files for researchers and academics to grapple with for some time to come, proving that the MSPC is an essential source for any serious student […]

Some Irish borders

Brexit or no Brexit, the Irish border is a subject of interest to many. People have been killed as a direct or indirect result of its existence and it has […]