BY AODHÁN CREALEY JANUARY 28/1547 King Henry VIII (55) died. Popularly remembered for his six marriages and his despotism (it’s estimated that he judicially murdered some 1,500 of his subjects, […]
Read More →By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr On 27 September 1922, Dáil Éireann passed emergency legislation that allowed for the execution of those captured bearing arms against the Free State. The legislation […]
Read More →SIOBHÁN FITZPATRICK and MARY O’DOWD (eds) Royal Irish Academy €25 ISBN 9781911479833 Reviewed by Mary Kenny Mary Kenny is the author of The way we were: Catholic Ireland since 1922 […]
Read More →PAURIC TRAVERSFour Courts Press€22.45ISBN 9781846829789 Reviewed by John Dorney John Dorney is the editor of ‘The Irish Story’ website. Pauric Travers’s study of Donegal during the years of upheaval from […]
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