More on the Fenians here www.theirishstory.com/2017/03/07/t...
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The Fenian Rebellion, March 5, 1867. As many as 10,000 armed Fenians came out in rebellion. Up to 7,000 assembled at Tallaght, near Dublin. But dispersed after only minor skirmishes. More here: theirishstory.com/2011/03/05/t...
Genuinely shocked to read about proposals at Galway (an amazing university with world-class humanities departments) to axe the broad-based arts degree. Really grim reading. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
Tomorrow evening. In Chapters. All welcome. See you there!
#otd 1921, the Upton train ambush. IRA shot up train carrying British troops at Upton station in Cork, but ended up killing or mortally wounding 8 civilians. 3 IRA Vol were also killed. www.theirishstory.com/2011/02/15/t...
'Gerard Shannon works the archives and sources brilliantly and exhaustively to put flesh on the gaunt features of a man who, in his final hours especially, displayed the courage of his convictions.'
... great review of my new book in today's Irish Independent!
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Dr Robin Usher, RJ Hunter Digital Fellow at QUB, explaining how 17th century life stories can be traced through the 'People of the Ulster Plantation' database.
Prof Mary O'Dowd (RIA/QUB) chairs a panel with Dr William Roulston (UHF), Prof Tom O'Connor (Maynooth) and Dr Robin Usher (QUB) at the 'Plantation of Ulster' conference.
Great conference on The Ulster Plantation today at PRONI, showcasing the relaunched 'People of the Ulster Plantation' online database, produced through a research collaboration of @ria.ie, @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and @maynoothuniversity.ie. Access is via ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie
'While Sinn Fein sympathises with the objectives of [SAID ORGANISATION] and understands their persepctives, it is committed solely to the use of humanitarian aid as a resolution to this conflict'
Have you considered heat seaking bread rolls and toiletry packs?
Just came across this book. Very interesting parallels with Irish nationalism in some respects, e.g. the rise fo an assertive middle class among Polish Jews in the interwar period. But ending, in their case, in tragedy in the Warsaw ghetto uprising.
Today in Irish History, Bloody Sunday in Derry, 30 January 1972
The fatal shooting of 13 unarmed demonstrators by the British Army in Derry in 1972. www.theirishstory.com/2012/01/29/t...
Today in 1919, the rebel parliament, the First Dail, met at Dublin's Mansion House. But pure but portentful coincidence, an ambush of police at Soloheadbeg, Tipperary on the same day claimed the lives of 2 RIC men. www.theirishstory.com/2016/01/21/t...
Over 700 Irishmen, under former Blueshirt leader Eoin O'Duffy, fought for Franco in the Spnaish Civil War 1936-39. www.theirishstory.com/2018/10/24/g...
See also our podcast on the 1918 election here www.theirishstory.com/2019/02/04/p...
#OTD 1918, Today in Irish History, December 14, 1918 – The General Election of 1918, the historica victory for SF, which was followed the delcaration of Irish independence in January 1919 www.theirishstory.com/2018/12/14/t...
#OTD 1920 The burning of Cork by Crown forces in retaliation for an IRA ambush at Dillon's Cross. Most of Cork's main street, Patrick St was destroyed as was City Hall and up to 200 other buildings.
www.theirishstory.com/2017/12/13/t...
The Treaty debates have been variously depicted as the worthy ‘birth of nation’ or ‘fractious and bitter prelude to the Civil War. This article lays out the main arguments. (Pic shows crowdds waiting for news of the debates outside Earlsfort Terrace in Dublin) www.theirishstory.com/2022/01/08/t...
The manuscript of the week is RIA MS C iii 1, the Annals of Connacht. This unique manuscript records episodes in the history of Gaelic Ireland for over three hundred years from AD 1224 to AD 1544, with one later entry added (in different ink) for the year 1562.
See also our article about executions in the Irish Civil War www.theirishstory.com/2022/11/17/e...
#OTD 1922 the assassination of pro-Treaty TD Sean Hales followed by the reprisal execution of 4 leading anti-Treatyites in Mountjoy jail. www.theirishstory.com/2010/12/07/t...
Also some historical context: www.theirishstory.com/2021/12/06/t...
#OTD in 1921, the Anglo Irish Treaty was signed. Article on the negotiations and Treay here www.theirishstory.com/2011/12/06/t...
Delighted to have a very interesting new article on the site by Emma Ryan on 'the lanes of Ballinsloe'. Working class or slum housing constructed in the nineteenth century and only finally demolished in the 1930s. www.theirishstory.com/2025/12/05/p...
Tom Barry, pictured here as IRA commander, had previously served with the British Army in Mespotamia, now Iraq, in WWI. This article documents the tortuous road that brought him to ambush and kill two lorry loads of Auxiliaries, also WWI vets at Kilmichael www.theirishstory.com/2020/12/04/t...
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 library@muckross.ie 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...
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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...
#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...
