BRIAN NELSON—THE RISE AND FALL OF A DOUBLE AGENT

By Ian S. Wood On 5 February 1992 five Catholics, one of them a boy aged fifteen, were murdered in Sean Graham’s betting shop on Belfast’s Lower Ormeau Road. The […]

73 ECCLES STREET—RECREATING A DUBLIN TENEMENT 1915–20

By Ken Boyle A worn old rent book, rescued from a skip, was to provide the opportunity and inspiration for this investigation. The compact book contained the names of the […]

THOMAS KEATING— A CIVIL WAR KILLING

By David Prendergast The 10th of April 1923 brought a smattering of IRA leaders and foot-soldiers into the foothills of the Knockmealdowns. After the Executive was surprised and hunted by […]

‘I AM CONFIDENT THAT IF WE STAND UNITED VICTORY IS CERTAIN’—LIAM LYNCH’S STRATEGIES IN THE FINAL MONTHS OF THE CIVIL WAR

By Gerard Shannon As 1922 ended, Liam Lynch—chief of staff of the anti-Treaty IRA—admitted in a private communication that he did not anticipate the republican military resistance to succeed against […]

‘THE WRESTLING RAGE’—THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT IN DUBLIN, 1907

By Ronan Mulhaire Between the close of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the First World War professional wrestling, in the words of Matthew Lindaman, ‘enjoyed a status unparalleled […]