Cathal Brennan interviews John Dorney on the assassination of Sean Hales and the reprisal executions of Rory O’Connor, Dick Barret, Lam Mellow and Joe McKelvey in December 1922. http://media.blubrry.com/irishhistoryshow/p/irishhistoryshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IrishHistoryShowEpisode32.mp3 December 1922 was dark time in Ireland, with the Irish Civil War raging. On December 7 1922, two anti-Treaty IRA gunmen shot …
John Dorney caught up with Brian Hanley to discuss the IRA during the Emergency (World War II). Click on the Link to Listen Brian Hanley on the IRA during the Emergency The IRA by 1939 was an organisation that had come out the worst, not only of the Civil …
Conor Mulvagh, historian of the Irish Parliamentary Party, talks to John Dorney about the IPP or Home Rule Party that dominated Irish politics for nearly 50 years, between the 1880s and 1918. The IPP, Conor argues was, ‘a dual issue party’, the two issues being the land question – specifically improving the lot …
Cathal Brennan talks to historian Alex O’Fhailghigh for Episode Nine of the Irish History Show on radicalism in Irish community in Scotland in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Listen to the interview here Irish Radicalism in Scotland Part I Irish Radicalism in Scotland Part II Irish Radicalism in Scotland Part …
This is an interview with early modern historian Padraig Lenihan on the writing of Irish history from the 16th century down to the present day. Padraig Lenihan Part I Padraig Lenihan Part II We talk about; – How the English conquerors and colonists of the 16th and 17th centuries wrote …
We speak to historian John Regan on how the history of the Irish revolutionary period in 1916-23 has been written in the light of the political climate of late 20th century Ireland. Questions by John Dorney Civil War In the 1990s, the consensus in Ireland on the Civil War of 1922-23 was …
Recently we reviewed the new book ‘Terror in Ireland 1916-1923’ -a collection of essays on revolutionary and state violence in Ireland in that period for the Near Fm History Show. (you can listen to the whole show here). Here Cathal Brennan and John Dorney interview the editor of the collection David Fitzpatrick of …
In a follow up to our interview with James Durney, John Dorney and Cathal Brennan discuss the dynamics of insurgency and counter-insurgency in the Irish capital in 1919-1923 on Near FM’s History Show. John Dorney and Cathal Brennan talk1 John Dorney and Cathal Brennan talk2 We discuss: The organisation and …
Historian James Durney talks to John Dorney and Cathal Brennan about the experience of a street in Dublin, nicknamed, “the Dardanelles” by British troops during the Irish War of Independence. Click on the links below to listen to the interview. James Durney interview 1 James Durney interview 2 This interview was …
We interview Professor Eunan O’Halpin on the project, ‘The Dead of the Irish Revolution’ – which seeks to determine, for the first time, how many people were killed in the Irish revolution of 1916-1923. The Dead of the Irish Revolution by Eunan O’Halpin and Daithí Ó Corráin will be published in 2012. Questions …
John Dorney caught up with historian Brian Hanley recently at the National Library of Ireland to discuss his latest research project – the impact of the Northern Ireland conflict on the Republic of Ireland. Click on the links below to listen. Brian Hanley on Troubles pt 1 …
An audio documentary on a corner of the Irish Civil War, around Wellington Barracks, South Circular Road, Dublin in 1922. Readers of The Irish Story may already have seen our article on Wellington Barracks, ‘A Microcosm of the Irish Civil War’. This is an audio documentary on the same theme, …
Rebels – Voices from the Easter Rising By Fearghal McGarry, Penguin Ireland, 2011. Reviewer: John Dorney There is and always has been, something strangely mythic about the Easter Rising. Perhaps this is simply a result of the event having been mythologised in Irish nationalist discourse for nearly 100 …
We interview historian John Borgonovo about his new book on the civil war in Cork. Questions by John Dorney. Click on the links below to listen to the interview. John Borgonovo on the civil war part 1 John Borgonovo on the civil war part 2 John, who has also …
Historian Padraig Lenihan talks about the battle of Aughrim, fought on the 12th of July 1691, the bloodiest battle in Irish history. Click on the links below to listen to the interview. Padraig Lenihan on Aughrim Part 1 Padraig Lenihan on Aughrim Part 2 Padraig Lenihan on Aughrim …
Padraig Yeates, author of, ‘A City in Wartime’, a new book on Dublin during the First World War, talks about the impact the war had on the city. (Our review is here) Click on the link below to listen to the interview. Padraig Yeates on WWI in Dublin Among the things we …
In this third and final part of our audio feature on the 1916 Rising, John Dorney talks to historians Padraig Yeates and Fearghal McGarry about the short and long term effects of the rebellion. Perspectives on 1916 3 Many claims have been made for the legacy of the …
In this second part of our audio feature on 1916, John Dorney talks to historians Padraig Yeates and Fearghal McGarry about the reality on the ground of the Easter Rising. Part I is here. Listen to Perspectives on 1916, Part 2 Here we talk about what fighting in the Easter Rising actually …
In the first part of a series of audio features, we discuss aspects of the Easter Rising with historians. Here John Dorney talks to Fearghal McGarry and Padraig Yeates about why the Volunteers and Citizen Army went to war on Easter Monday. Click on the Link below to listen to …
In a previous article, March 1923, the Terror Month, John Dorney looked at the bloody events of March 1923 in Kerry. Here he talks about the Ballyseedy massacre of March 7, 1923 and the legacy of the Civil War in general with Radio Kerry’s z103 station and presenter Margaret Sheehan. Radio Kerry interview …