I read The Banshees of Inisherin as an allegory of this vicious civil conflict, told in a loose but recognisable metaphor of the breakdown of a once close friendship. Continue reading
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Grace Gifford: Just Ephemera? A new discovery in Sydney
A rare example of the ways Grace Gifford Plunkett sought to avoid poverty in the Civil way and the early years of the Free State. Continue reading
Less and More than a Star Called Henry
A graphic life of Ernie O’Malley and a an account of the divided loyalties after the signing of the Treaty… Continue reading
Soldier of the Irish Republic
‘The Facts are that the Irish Republic exists.’ Continue reading
The Least Likely County to Breed Revolutionaries?
Kilkenny in Times of Revolution 1900 – 1923 is replete with anecdote and observation. Continue reading
The Man Who Won The War
Michael Collins decided the best way was to have an intelligence system of his own, that would be superior to anything the British could do…. Continue reading
A Forgotten Hero
After all the excitement of the Rising, he worked doggedly to help people who had been part of it. Continue reading
A Biography of a Flawed Colossus – Fanning on de Valera
Fanning is quick to point out that Dev ‘remains the most divisive figure in the history of modern Ireland’ (p 1). Fanning considers de Valera’s ‘culpability for the Irish Civil War…irrefutable’. Continue reading
