FEATURED IN THE CURRENT ISSUE
In this month's issue:
- Why was Dev reprieved in 1916?
- Joe Duffy on the children killed in the Rising
- The Book of Kells reassessed
- The 140-year-old countess of Desmond
and many more....
On this Day
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Events
September 13-15
Fri–Sun Greaves School, Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse St. Labour in Ireland—past and present. Speakers: Anthony Coughlan (TCD), Priscilla Metscher (Oldenburg), Joe Jamieson (AFL/CIO), Ruan O’Donnell (Limerick), Brian Campfield (ICTU), Michael […]
September 13
Fri-Sun 25th Desmond Greaves Annual School, Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse St., Dublin 2. Speakers: Anthony Coughlan, Priscilla Metscher, Kevin McCorry, Joseph Jamison, Ruan O’Donnell, John Douglas, Brian Campfield, Michael Taft, […]
From the Archives
Michael Collins military dictator
By John M. Regan This article first appeared in: THE SPLIT-Treaty to Civil War 1921–23 published by Wordwell as a supplement to History Ireland in 2021 priced €12. Copies are […]
The Truce and preliminary negotiations between de Valera and Lloyd George
By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr As British hopes for a military victory in the War of Independence faded, they began to wonder whether Ireland was worth the price in lives […]
Hedge School
Forthcoming Hedge Schools
Editor Tommy Graham will be hosting a series of History Ireland Hedge Schools, lively round-table discussions with historians and well-known personalities.
Hedge School audios and videos
A collection of audio and video recordings of the 20+ more Hedge Schools we have put on around Ireland, featuring well-known historians in lively debate on popular and relevant topicsBook Reviews
ORANGEISM: a historical profile
KEVIN HADDICK-FLYNN Matador €30 ISBN 9781838592004 Reviewed by Geoffrey Bell Geoffrey Bell’s The Protestants of Ulster was first published in 1976. Once, in the early 1960s when I was about […]
‘AND SO BEGAN THE IRISH NATION’: NATIONALITY, NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND NATIONALISM IN PRE-MODERN IRELAND
BRENDAN BRADSHAW Ashgate £75 ISBN 9781472442567 Reviewed by Hiram Morgan This book is a collection of essays by Brendan Bradshaw, the well-known historian of Tudor Ireland and opponent of historical […]
