Salonika

Sir, —I read with great interest the article by Alice McDermott and Mark Power on the 10th (Irish) Division in Salonica in 1915–17 (HI 14.6, Nov./Dec. 2006), and it is […]

‘Scotsmen, stand by Ireland’: John Maclean and the Irish Revolution

The most dangerous man in Britain’ or a paranoid crank? ‘The greatest fighter of the Scottish working class’ or a middle-class intellectual out of touch with working-class opinion? A Marxist […]

TV Eye

And the Red Poppies Dance RTÉ1 11 November 2008 by John Gibney According to the late Frank Harte, the winners write the history and the losers write the songs. In […]

From sewing needles to ammunition shells

The story of Florence Lea (right), who wore this ‘On War Service’ badge (above right), is typical of the experiences of female munitions workers in Ireland during World War I. […]

Shot at Dawn Campaign

Sir, —In the Jan./Feb. 2005 issue of History Ireland you kindly permitted our campaign the opportunity to raise the case for pardons for 26 Irish-born British soldiers executed for military […]