‘Spies and informers beware!’—intelligence and counterintelligence in the War of Independence
One of the most important—and controversial—aspects of the War of Independence was the ‘intelligence war’. Given the role of spies and informers in defeating previous insurrections, it is not surpris...
20 Jan 20211h 15min
Kildare in the revolutionary decade
While not in the vanguard of armed activity during the War of Independence, Kildare was central to the ‘revolutionary decade’ as whole, not only for its strategic importance and proximity to Dublin bu...
11 Jan 20211h 12min
Wicklow in the revolutionary decade (part 2, South)
While not in the vanguard of armed activity in the revolutionary decade, Wicklow was, nevertheless, active in other respects. Moreover, its unique characteristics—proximity to Dublin, pioneering devel...
1 Jan 20211h 7min
Wicklow in the revolutionary decade (part 1, North)
While not in the vanguard of armed activity in the revolutionary decade, Wicklow was, nevertheless, active in other respects. Moreover, its unique characteristics—proximity to Dublin, pioneering devel...
7 Des 202058min
The Government of Ireland Act 1920—100 years of partition
Originally conceived as a ‘temporary’ amendment to the Third Home Rule Act, on the statute book since 1914, the 1920 Government of Ireland Act was presciently derided by the Freeman’s Journal as ‘the ...
1 Des 20201h 7min
History, Memory and Bloody Sunday 1920
The events of Sunday 21 November 1920 are well named. Within fifteen hours on that fateful day, 32 people died: in the morning, eleven British intelligence officers killed by Michael Collins’s ‘squad’...
18 Nov 20201h 6min
Belfast and the North 1920-22
As the War of Independence raged in southern Ireland a different type and more deadly form of conflict erupted in the northeast, and in Belfast in particular. Should this be considered part of the ove...
9 Nov 202056min
Bloody Sunday 1920—the Tipperary Connection
Founded in Thurles in 1884, the GAA has had a long association with Tipperary, an association intensified by the events of Bloody Sunday, 21 November 1920, when Crown forces attacked a Dublin vs Tippe...
2 Nov 20201h 11min
