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Irish History Website, maintained and edited by John Dorney.
Giving an online talk for Muckross House, Kerry on the Economic War 1932-38. This Wednesday, Nov 26 at 19:30. Do tune in! Email [email protected] to register.
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Giving an online talk for Muckross House, Kerry on the Economic War 1932-38. This Wednesday, Nov 26 at 19:30. Do tune in! Email [email protected] to register.
Erskine Childers. Executed by the Irish Free State govt #otd 1922. A hugely complex figure. From an Anglo-Irish family very high up in British state & who served the Empire in two wars, he died at the hands of an Irish govt, an unreconstructed Irish republican. www.theirishstory.com/2022/11/26/h...
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Erskine Childers. Executed by the Irish Free State govt #otd 1922. A hugely complex figure. From an Anglo-Irish family very high up in British state & who served the Empire in two wars, he died at the hands of an Irish govt, an unreconstructed Irish republican. www.theirishstory.com/2022/11/26/h...
See also this article: Bloody Sunday Revisited And a longer form look the the day's events here www.theirishstory.com/2020/11/21/b...
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
See also this article: Bloody Sunday Revisited And a longer form look the the day's events here www.theirishstory.com/2020/11/21/b...
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#OTD in 1920, Nov 21, Bloody Sunday in Dublin. Morning: IRA killed 14 suspected British intel officers. Afternoon: Crown forces shot up football crowd at Croke Park, killing 14 civilians. Evening: Dublin Castle, 2 IRA leaders 1 civlian summarily executed. www.theirishstory.com/2011/11/21/t...
Today in Irish History, Bloody Sunday, 21 November 1920 – The Irish Story
November 21, 1920. A day of bloodshed in Dublin marked the escalation of the Irish War of Independence. By John Dorney. See also Four Bloody Sundays.
www.theirishstory.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:09 AM
#OTD in 1920, Nov 21, Bloody Sunday in Dublin. Morning: IRA killed 14 suspected British intel officers. Afternoon: Crown forces shot up football crowd at Croke Park, killing 14 civilians. Evening: Dublin Castle, 2 IRA leaders 1 civlian summarily executed. www.theirishstory.com/2011/11/21/t...
The Belfast News Letter and the Irish Civil War: The News Letter advocated an uncompromising Ulster Unionism, its editorials arguing that persecution of Protestants was rife across nationalist Ireland theirishstory.com/2024/08/02/t...
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Belfast News Letter and the Irish Civil War: The News Letter advocated an uncompromising Ulster Unionism, its editorials arguing that persecution of Protestants was rife across nationalist Ireland theirishstory.com/2024/08/02/t...
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1832 Committee on Tithes: "The late Bishop of Cork said to me, 'We are in the habit of blaming the Roman-catholics for the resistance to tithes, but I believe, if the real truth was known, there is scarcely any country gentlemen in Ireland who is not in his heart a whiteboy.'"
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
1832 Committee on Tithes: "The late Bishop of Cork said to me, 'We are in the habit of blaming the Roman-catholics for the resistance to tithes, but I believe, if the real truth was known, there is scarcely any country gentlemen in Ireland who is not in his heart a whiteboy.'"
Article on the 1867 rebellion here for those interested. www.theirishstory.com/2011/03/05/t...
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Article on the 1867 rebellion here for those interested. www.theirishstory.com/2011/03/05/t...
#OTD the first executions in the Irish Civil War. Anti-Treaty vols, Peter Cassidy, James Fisher, John Gaffney and Richard Twohig were executed in Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin on 17 November 1922. Full article on the Civil War executions here. www.theirishstory.com/2022/11/17/e...
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
#OTD the first executions in the Irish Civil War. Anti-Treaty vols, Peter Cassidy, James Fisher, John Gaffney and Richard Twohig were executed in Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin on 17 November 1922. Full article on the Civil War executions here. www.theirishstory.com/2022/11/17/e...
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I made @theirishstory.bsky.social watch The House of Guinness with me. I feel bad because this is how he is looking now.
a husky dog is standing on a wooden floor in a living room looking at the camera .
Alt: a husky dog is standing on a wooden floor in a living room looking at the camera .
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November 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I made @theirishstory.bsky.social watch The House of Guinness with me. I feel bad because this is how he is looking now.
Now, I shouldn't have expected anything from the House of Guinness, historically speaking, and honestly, I didn't, but my God it's awful. I don't even know where to start, but @nadiadobrianska.bsky.social wants me to write a thread so...
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Now, I shouldn't have expected anything from the House of Guinness, historically speaking, and honestly, I didn't, but my God it's awful. I don't even know where to start, but @nadiadobrianska.bsky.social wants me to write a thread so...
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Latest review of our NORAID documentary by @brian-hanley.bsky.social on @theirishstory.bsky.social
New documentary review on the site by @brian-hanley.bsky.social on the RTE Documentary NORAID, Irish America and the Troubles. www.theirishstory.com/2025/11/10/d...
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Latest review of our NORAID documentary by @brian-hanley.bsky.social on @theirishstory.bsky.social
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This Underwood typewriter, likely the first with Irish characters, was used by the Gaelic League around 1905.
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
I kept finding cló gaelach everywhere this weekend - a typewriter @nmireland.bsky.social , font on school signage, and blocks of type at the National Print Museum #gaeilge #clógaelach
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This Underwood typewriter, likely the first with Irish characters, was used by the Gaelic League around 1905.
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
New documentary review on the site by @brian-hanley.bsky.social on the RTE Documentary NORAID, Irish America and the Troubles. www.theirishstory.com/2025/11/10/d...
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
New documentary review on the site by @brian-hanley.bsky.social on the RTE Documentary NORAID, Irish America and the Troubles. www.theirishstory.com/2025/11/10/d...
Over 200,000 Irishmen served in WWI and somewhere between 30 and 50,000 died in it. The was also helped to end British rule in most of Ireland though, as a result of the conscription crisis of 1918. An overview of Ireland's experience of war here www.theirishstory.com/2018/11/09/i...
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Over 200,000 Irishmen served in WWI and somewhere between 30 and 50,000 died in it. The was also helped to end British rule in most of Ireland though, as a result of the conscription crisis of 1918. An overview of Ireland's experience of war here www.theirishstory.com/2018/11/09/i...
The Siege of Tralee, November 1 – 9, 1920. The RIC and ‘Black and Tans’ brought Tralee close to starvation in an effort to force the IRA to release two missing policemen – they were in fact already dead www.theirishstory.com/2012/11/06/t...
November 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Siege of Tralee, November 1 – 9, 1920. The RIC and ‘Black and Tans’ brought Tralee close to starvation in an effort to force the IRA to release two missing policemen – they were in fact already dead www.theirishstory.com/2012/11/06/t...
Today in 1641, a plan by Ulster Catholic gentry to seize Dublin Castle and various other strongpoints around the country misfires. Attacks on Protestant settlers break out, leading to large scale kilings. It is the begining of a fateful decade in Irish history. www.theirishstory.com/2010/10/23/t...
October 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Today in 1641, a plan by Ulster Catholic gentry to seize Dublin Castle and various other strongpoints around the country misfires. Attacks on Protestant settlers break out, leading to large scale kilings. It is the begining of a fateful decade in Irish history. www.theirishstory.com/2010/10/23/t...
Article here, written, for the centenary of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 2021, about a litany of broken treaties in Irish history, from Windsor to Melifont, to Limerick to Kilmainham. www.theirishstory.com/2021/12/06/t...
October 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Article here, written, for the centenary of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 2021, about a litany of broken treaties in Irish history, from Windsor to Melifont, to Limerick to Kilmainham. www.theirishstory.com/2021/12/06/t...
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Listen in to a discussion about Ireland and the American Revolution on @newstalkfm.bsky.social featuring Patrick Geoghegan, Finola O’Kane, Eliga Gould, and Patrick Griffin. The episode airs this Sunday at 7PM, ahead of our conference next week. It was a privilege to take part in the conversation.
Excited to release the conference programme for 'Ireland and the American Revolution: 250th Anniversary Perspectives'. There are only a few tickets left, so if you would like to attend I would suggest getting one as soon as possible. Attendance is free but booking is essential.
October 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Listen in to a discussion about Ireland and the American Revolution on @newstalkfm.bsky.social featuring Patrick Geoghegan, Finola O’Kane, Eliga Gould, and Patrick Griffin. The episode airs this Sunday at 7PM, ahead of our conference next week. It was a privilege to take part in the conversation.
Discussion here of the Desmond Rebellions in 1570s and 80 in Munster, that destroyed the Geraldine dynasty and paved way for the subsquent Munster plantation.
theirishstory.com/2023/12/04/p...
theirishstory.com/2023/12/04/p...
October 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Discussion here of the Desmond Rebellions in 1570s and 80 in Munster, that destroyed the Geraldine dynasty and paved way for the subsquent Munster plantation.
theirishstory.com/2023/12/04/p...
theirishstory.com/2023/12/04/p...
#OTD in 1922 dark days in the Irish Civil War. The Dail passed a resolution giving the Army powers to execute prisoners after a summary miltiary trial. (Pic is of cabinet members at M.Collins funeral) www.theirishstory.com/2013/09/27/t...
September 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
#OTD in 1922 dark days in the Irish Civil War. The Dail passed a resolution giving the Army powers to execute prisoners after a summary miltiary trial. (Pic is of cabinet members at M.Collins funeral) www.theirishstory.com/2013/09/27/t...
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Vikings !
At the @nmireland.bsky.social !
At the @nmireland.bsky.social !
Discover what life was like in Viking Dublin, and see the wider impact of the Vikings.
Join a guided tour of the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street Viking Ireland exhibition.
🗓️ Saturday 27th September
🕛 12pm & 2pm
📍 Kildare Street, Dublin
🚫 No booking required
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Join a guided tour of the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street Viking Ireland exhibition.
🗓️ Saturday 27th September
🕛 12pm & 2pm
📍 Kildare Street, Dublin
🚫 No booking required
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
September 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Vikings !
At the @nmireland.bsky.social !
At the @nmireland.bsky.social !
Brian Hanley tells the story of a man with a most unusual career: David Tormey: IRA Volunteer, Garda, Nazi. Irish rebel, policman, possible informer, pro Franco soldier in Spain and finally Nazi sympthiser @brian-hanley.bsky.social
www.theirishstory.com/2024/11/16/d...
www.theirishstory.com/2024/11/16/d...
September 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Brian Hanley tells the story of a man with a most unusual career: David Tormey: IRA Volunteer, Garda, Nazi. Irish rebel, policman, possible informer, pro Franco soldier in Spain and finally Nazi sympthiser @brian-hanley.bsky.social
www.theirishstory.com/2024/11/16/d...
www.theirishstory.com/2024/11/16/d...
#OTD in 1920 the Black and Tans infamously burned the north Co Dublin town of Balbriggan. It was retaliation for the shooting of two RIC officers there by the IRA but became emblematic of the British policies of reprisals in Ireland www.theirishstory.com/2020/10/14/t...
September 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#OTD in 1920 the Black and Tans infamously burned the north Co Dublin town of Balbriggan. It was retaliation for the shooting of two RIC officers there by the IRA but became emblematic of the British policies of reprisals in Ireland www.theirishstory.com/2020/10/14/t...
The Civil War of 1922-23 played little part in the legend of IRA guerrilla leader Tom Barry. Partly because his role in it was fairly tortuous. As described in the artlce below. ‘A bad fight, a disgraceful fight’, Tom Barry in the Civil War
www.theirishstory.com/2025/01/15/a...
www.theirishstory.com/2025/01/15/a...
September 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The Civil War of 1922-23 played little part in the legend of IRA guerrilla leader Tom Barry. Partly because his role in it was fairly tortuous. As described in the artlce below. ‘A bad fight, a disgraceful fight’, Tom Barry in the Civil War
www.theirishstory.com/2025/01/15/a...
www.theirishstory.com/2025/01/15/a...