November 24th, 1913

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Jim Larkin toured Britain unsuccessfully during the 1913 lockout seeking sympathetic strikes and addressing…


March 21st, 1917

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Less than a year after the Easter Rising the change of heart about the rebellion amongst members of the Irish…



June 18th, 1913

FROM THE ARCHIVES: The pro- and anti-Home Rule campaign was fought on religious as well as political platforms, and in England…


Little did they know

British Spies and Irish Rebels: British Intelligence and Ireland, 1916-45 By Paul McMahon Boydell Brewer, 516pp


Revising the Rising

Connect: Last Sunday, the Observer newspaper published an article by Geoffrey Wheatcroft


An Irishman's Diary

Ah yes, this time of year again; and no, it is not merely a disorder of mine, this interest in the Irish role in two world wars…



The ebbing of the imperial tide

Nationalism and Independence: Selected Irish Papers by Nicholas Mansergh, ed. Diana Mansergh, Cork, 264pp, £45/£14




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