Cathal Brennan and John Dorney speak to Padraig Lenihan about the ‘Patriot Parliament’ of 1689. First broadcast on the Irish History Show. http://irishhistoryshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LenihanJacobiteParliament.mp3 The English ‘Whig’ story of the seventeenth century is one of the triumph of parliament over royal absolutism. By this reading, the Irish catholic supporters of …
By Dr Mel Farrell Since the foundation of the Irish State in 1922 its politics have been dominated by two political behemoths. …
John Dorney interviews Dr Ida Milne on the ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic of 1918. Ida Milne is the author of Stacking the Coffins, …
By Mark Holan At midday Sept. 20, 1919, as “squally,” unseasonably cold weather raked across Dublin, “armed soldiers wearing trench helmets” joined …
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney talk to Brain Hanley here about the efforts of the Irish Republican Police to fight ‘ordinary crime’, …
By Stephen McGarry May, 2020 marks the 275th anniversary of the Battle of Fontenoy (1745) which took place during the War of …
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney speak to early modern military historian Padraig Lenihan about siege warfare in early modern Ireland, as broadcast …