IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE EXHIBITION DISPLAY & LECTURE Limerick city

admin | January 10, 2012

IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE EXHIBITION DISPLAY & LECTURE The Irish Volunteer Commemorative Organisation is happy to announce an exhibition, lecture and display over 2 days on Saturday and Sunday, March 3rd and 4th, 2012. The event opens each morning at 10:00 am and ends at 6:00 pm. The event will take place at the Best [...]

The Black & Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920 -1921. By David M. Leeson

admin | October 7, 2011

A Book review by Padraig O’Ruairc. The Black & Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920 -1921. By David M. Leeson Oxford University Press Hardback £30 With the centenaries of the 1916 Rising and War of Independence fast approaching a whole raft of books of widely varying quality are being [...]

BOOK REVIEW – “THE MUNSTER REPUBLIC:THE CIVIL WAR IN NORTH CORK” BY MICHAEL HARRINGTON

admin | October 6, 2011

BOOK REVIEW - ”THE MUNSTER REPUBLIC:THE CIVIL WAR IN NORTH CORK” BY MICHAEL HARRINGTON “They had spent two years on the run fighting the might of the British army… The vast majority of the Volunteers were young men plucked from working on the land or from employment as clerks in offices or shops. Some of the officers [...]

A review of Gerard Murphy’s The Year of Disappearances: Niall Meehan, 17th November 2010

admin | March 25, 2011

Nial Meehan has contacted us and has pointed us to an article he wrote some time ago,in fact the first review of the book, thank you for submitting the article to us , his words are below: My review  of  Gerard Murphy’s The Year of Disappearances: Niall Meehan, 17th November 2010 Gerard Murphy’s ‘The Year [...]

De Valera was an English spy?

admin | March 20, 2011

De Valera was an English spy? By Padrig O Ruairc. Book Review:- “England’s Greatest Spy – Eamonn De Valera.” By John J. Turi. Published by Stacey International, London 2009. ISBN 978 – 1 – 906768-09-6 Last week I stumbled across the above book, in O Mahony’s Bookshop, Limerick. I was completely unaware of the radio [...]

The Year of Disappearances. Political Killings in Cork 1921 – 1922.

admin | March 12, 2011

An article by Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc , Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc challenges the claims in Gerard Murphy’s recent book, The Year of Disappearances. Political Killings in Cork 1921 – 1922. Professor Eunan O’ Halpin of Trinity College, was prophetic in his endorsement of Gerard Murphy’s recent book, The Year of Disappearances. Political Killings in Cork [...]

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