(The first of a new regular column on county archives) By Catherine Wright County archives tell the story of the development of communities and the administrations who served them. They […]

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By Terry Dunne On 20 August 1921 a band of Irishmen were making a fighting retreat in south-west India at the start of the Malabar rebellion. They were men from […]

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By Fiona Fitzsimons After 1923 Britain became the main destination for Irish emigrants. Irish migration to the US declined with emigrant remittances, while the new quota system discouraged travel. Ireland’s […]

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By Elaine Callinan In April 1921 Éamon de Valera outlined a scheme for Sinn Féin propaganda against partition and against a unionist victory for seats in the new Northern Ireland […]

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By Lar Joye The War of Independence was fought in three phases. From 1918 to 1919 there were small-scale attacks on the police, with the destruction of minor outposts and […]

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