What caused the ‘great explosion’? By Michael Fewer The Civil War began on 28 June 1922, when the National Army attacked an anti-Treaty force that had been in occupation of […]
Read More →BY AODHÁN CREALEY JULY 02/1900 Thomas Farrell (73), sculptor, died. A forgotten man nowadays, Farrell’s works include statues of Archbishops Murray and Cullen in Dublin’s Pro-Cathedral, Archbishop Richard Whately and […]
Read More →JOHN GIBNEY Yale University Press $25 ISBN 9780300208511 Reviewed by Evan Comerford With an MA in Irish History from Maynooth University, Evan Comerford is a civil servant with the Department […]
Read More →DMP Detective Sergeant Patrick Smyth—the first G Division casualty of the War of Independence. By Seán Ryan The shooting of the two RIC constables in Soloheadbeg on 21 January 1919 […]
Read More →Milford, Co. Carlow By Shay Kinsella Beloved of wedding photographers and visual artists today, Strongstream mill is a striking physical monument to the ‘golden age’ of Irish milling in the […]
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