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#OTD The mass meeting at Clontarf, demanding the Repeal of the Union or the return of Irish self government, was banned the night before it was due to take place and frantically called off by Daniel O’Connell, who feared a bloodbath. theirishstory.com/2011/10/08/t...
October 8, 2026 at 8:18 AM
#OTD The mass meeting at Clontarf, demanding the Repeal of the Union or the return of Irish self government, was banned the night before it was due to take place and frantically called off by Daniel O’Connell, who feared a bloodbath. theirishstory.com/2011/10/08/t...
Revisiting the Red Cow Murders, October 7, 1922
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October 7, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Revisiting the Red Cow Murders, October 7, 1922
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Part 3 of our podcast series on the Fenians. Enjoy! irishhistoryshow.ie/119-the-feni...
119 The Fenians (Part Three)
On this episode of the Irish History Show we have part three of our series on the Fenians. By the late 1890s, the Irish Republican Brotherhood was led by an older, cautious Supreme Council that pri…
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October 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Part 3 of our podcast series on the Fenians. Enjoy! irishhistoryshow.ie/119-the-feni...
Revisiting the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Movement: 1968-69 www.theirishstory.com/2018/12/03/r...
October 2, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Revisiting the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Movement: 1968-69 www.theirishstory.com/2018/12/03/r...
The Plantation of Ulster: A Brief Overview. The Ulster Plantation was the largest and most successful of the ‘plantations’ or projects at colonisation, in early modern Ireland
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September 30, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The Plantation of Ulster: A Brief Overview. The Ulster Plantation was the largest and most successful of the ‘plantations’ or projects at colonisation, in early modern Ireland
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Today in Irish History 27 September 1922, the Passing of legisation set up Military Courts with the power to impose the death penalty, imprisonment or penal servitude. Over 400 men were sentenced to death 81 ultimately executed under its terms.
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September 29, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Today in Irish History 27 September 1922, the Passing of legisation set up Military Courts with the power to impose the death penalty, imprisonment or penal servitude. Over 400 men were sentenced to death 81 ultimately executed under its terms.
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New article on the site by Dee Moore, calling for the preservation of Cork's historic Detention barracks, site of the imprisonment of leading Irish revolutonary figures numerous executions from 1916 to 1921. www.theirishstory.com/2026/09/27/s...
September 27, 2026 at 9:52 AM
New article on the site by Dee Moore, calling for the preservation of Cork's historic Detention barracks, site of the imprisonment of leading Irish revolutonary figures numerous executions from 1916 to 1921. www.theirishstory.com/2026/09/27/s...
Local tradition had it that the ship, set to carry out evictions, fell victim to a local curse. The sinking of HMS Wasp, 1884 – A curse, sabotage or human error?
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September 22, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Local tradition had it that the ship, set to carry out evictions, fell victim to a local curse. The sinking of HMS Wasp, 1884 – A curse, sabotage or human error?
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Quayside Worlds: Aston, George’s, and Rogerson’s Quay and the Georgian City of Dublin, a social history of Dublin's south quays in the 1700s, by Ray Esten. www.theirishstory.com/2026/09/21/q...
September 21, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Quayside Worlds: Aston, George’s, and Rogerson’s Quay and the Georgian City of Dublin, a social history of Dublin's south quays in the 1700s, by Ray Esten. www.theirishstory.com/2026/09/21/q...
The Sack of Balbriggan and British reprisals in Ireland in Autumn 1920
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September 20, 2026 at 10:07 AM
The Sack of Balbriggan and British reprisals in Ireland in Autumn 1920
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For Culture Night tonight, John Dorney of the Irish Story will be giving tours of Griffith College (formerly Richmond prison and Wellington/Griffith Barracks) on Dublin's South Circuluar Road, from 5 pm. Come on down! www.griffith.ie/about-griffi...
Culture Night 2026 at Griffith College: Dublin Heritage Tour
Explore 200 years of Dublin history on Culture Night 2026. Guided tour of Griffith College's former Richmond Bridewell prison and Wellington Barracks. Free
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September 18, 2026 at 12:45 PM
For Culture Night tonight, John Dorney of the Irish Story will be giving tours of Griffith College (formerly Richmond prison and Wellington/Griffith Barracks) on Dublin's South Circuluar Road, from 5 pm. Come on down! www.griffith.ie/about-griffi...
The Doolough tragedy took place in Mayo in 1849. Poor applying for 'relief' in Louisburgh were told Poor Law officers were not in the town & were instead at a hunting lodge at Delphi. The poor were forced to walk over the mountains for 'inspection', 17 ppl died on return journey
New article on the the site. A meditation by James Lomastro on the lessons of the Great Famine in 1840s Ireland. The Doolough Road: What the Great Famine Teaches About Constructed Scarcity
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September 16, 2026 at 3:08 PM
The Doolough tragedy took place in Mayo in 1849. Poor applying for 'relief' in Louisburgh were told Poor Law officers were not in the town & were instead at a hunting lodge at Delphi. The poor were forced to walk over the mountains for 'inspection', 17 ppl died on return journey
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Wonderful to be at the the launch last night of 'Cathal Brugha Remembered' in the appropriate environs of Cathal Brugha Barracks. This new free publication from the Irish Military Archives was co-edited by myself and Liz Gillis, featuring contributions by an array of researchers/historians.
September 16, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Wonderful to be at the the launch last night of 'Cathal Brugha Remembered' in the appropriate environs of Cathal Brugha Barracks. This new free publication from the Irish Military Archives was co-edited by myself and Liz Gillis, featuring contributions by an array of researchers/historians.
New article on the the site. A meditation by James Lomastro on the lessons of the Great Famine in 1840s Ireland. The Doolough Road: What the Great Famine Teaches About Constructed Scarcity
www.theirishstory.com/2026/09/16/t...
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September 16, 2026 at 12:56 PM
New article on the the site. A meditation by James Lomastro on the lessons of the Great Famine in 1840s Ireland. The Doolough Road: What the Great Famine Teaches About Constructed Scarcity
www.theirishstory.com/2026/09/16/t...
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Podcast: the Ulster Plantation. John Dorney and Cathal Brennan discuss the colonisation and settlement of Ulster in the seventeenth century.
(pic is of the walled city of Derry, constructed during the plantation) theirishstory.com/2024/05/13/p...
(pic is of the walled city of Derry, constructed during the plantation) theirishstory.com/2024/05/13/p...
September 15, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Podcast: the Ulster Plantation. John Dorney and Cathal Brennan discuss the colonisation and settlement of Ulster in the seventeenth century.
(pic is of the walled city of Derry, constructed during the plantation) theirishstory.com/2024/05/13/p...
(pic is of the walled city of Derry, constructed during the plantation) theirishstory.com/2024/05/13/p...
In 1922, about 20% of Dubliners were middle class, many living in suburbs, connected by rail and tram to the centre, but c.35% of Dublin’s families lived in one room tenements, with mortality rate of 23.1 % compared to 18% in Belfast, 14% in London. theirishstory.com/2019/04/03/d...
Dublin in 1922: A Sketch – The Irish Story
Dublin city, bounded by its two canals, had a population of about 320,000 in 1922. Add in the suburbs, which had been inching outwards along the new railway lines since the mid 19th century and the urban area was home to over half a million people.
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September 14, 2026 at 11:08 AM
In 1922, about 20% of Dubliners were middle class, many living in suburbs, connected by rail and tram to the centre, but c.35% of Dublin’s families lived in one room tenements, with mortality rate of 23.1 % compared to 18% in Belfast, 14% in London. theirishstory.com/2019/04/03/d...
Was Cromwell Framed for a massacre fo civlians at Drogheda that never occurred? Tom Reilly argued yes. www.theirishstory.com/2014/08/13/o...
September 13, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Was Cromwell Framed for a massacre fo civlians at Drogheda that never occurred? Tom Reilly argued yes. www.theirishstory.com/2014/08/13/o...
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Shaped by his working-class Dublin background, Sean Garland was a significant figure in mid-twentieth-century Irish republicanism. Regarded by his enemies as a dangerous adversary, he inspired intense loyalty among those closest to him. www.dib.ie/biography/ga...
Shaped by his working-class Dublin background, Sean Garland was a significant figure in mid-twentieth-century Irish republicanism. Regarded by his enemies as a dangerous adversary, he inspired intense loyalty among those closest to him. www.dib.ie/biography/ga...
September 9, 2026 at 8:39 AM
#NewLives
Shaped by his working-class Dublin background, Sean Garland was a significant figure in mid-twentieth-century Irish republicanism. Regarded by his enemies as a dangerous adversary, he inspired intense loyalty among those closest to him. www.dib.ie/biography/ga...
Shaped by his working-class Dublin background, Sean Garland was a significant figure in mid-twentieth-century Irish republicanism. Regarded by his enemies as a dangerous adversary, he inspired intense loyalty among those closest to him. www.dib.ie/biography/ga...
V. interesting new article by Emmet Gladney on Carlow/Kilkenny by-election of 1925. Election was caused by the defection of of pro-Treaty TDs disillusioned with course the Free State was taking. Campaign highlighted disputed legacy of Irish revolution.
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September 11, 2026 at 3:47 PM
V. interesting new article by Emmet Gladney on Carlow/Kilkenny by-election of 1925. Election was caused by the defection of of pro-Treaty TDs disillusioned with course the Free State was taking. Campaign highlighted disputed legacy of Irish revolution.
www.theirishstory.com/2026/09/11/k...
www.theirishstory.com/2026/09/11/k...
Today in Irish History, Cromwell Storms Drogheda, 11 September 1649
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September 11, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Today in Irish History, Cromwell Storms Drogheda, 11 September 1649
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The Irish Volunteers of the Eighteenth Century: Successfully Importing the Gun into Irish politics. Article by Ruairi Nolan. The picture shows the Volunteers demonstrating on Dublin's College Green, outside Parliament at statue of William of Orange!
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September 10, 2026 at 8:39 AM
The Irish Volunteers of the Eighteenth Century: Successfully Importing the Gun into Irish politics. Article by Ruairi Nolan. The picture shows the Volunteers demonstrating on Dublin's College Green, outside Parliament at statue of William of Orange!
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Policing Revolutionary Dublin 1919-1923. Dublin Metropolitan police was 1,100 strong in 1916, making Dublin one of most heavily policed cities in UK. But IRA insurgency rendered unarmed DMP impotent. 2 Dail Courts and Republican police supplanted DMP theirishstory.com/2016/06/21/p...
September 8, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Policing Revolutionary Dublin 1919-1923. Dublin Metropolitan police was 1,100 strong in 1916, making Dublin one of most heavily policed cities in UK. But IRA insurgency rendered unarmed DMP impotent. 2 Dail Courts and Republican police supplanted DMP theirishstory.com/2016/06/21/p...
New podcast! irishhistoryshow.ie/118-charlie-...
118 Charlie Haughey and Garret Fitzgerald
On this episode of the Irish History Show we were joined by Dr. Eoin O’Malley to discuss his new book, Charlie vs. Garret – The rivalry that shaped modern Ireland. In the 1980s, Irish p…
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September 5, 2026 at 11:46 AM
New podcast! irishhistoryshow.ie/118-charlie-...
A series of unplanned events provoked an outbreak of hostilities along the new Irish border in early 1922 escalated by killings in Belfast. IRA launched abortive northern offensive in May 1922, but Civil War in the south ended undeclared border war. www.theirishstory.com/2023/06/26/w...
September 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM
A series of unplanned events provoked an outbreak of hostilities along the new Irish border in early 1922 escalated by killings in Belfast. IRA launched abortive northern offensive in May 1922, but Civil War in the south ended undeclared border war. www.theirishstory.com/2023/06/26/w...