The long shadow of a gunman: Weapon used to kill Kevin O’Higgins may still be out there
The gun used to assassinate the Free State minister for justice in 1927 was still in use in the 1970s during the Troubles
The gun used to assassinate the Free State minister for justice in 1927 was still in use in the 1970s during the Troubles
Killings in 1922 were removed from history for decades and ‘silence was not broken’ until Canadian historian published controversial work in 1990s, says Prof Brian Walker
Sales mark centenary of the 1922 World Congress of the Irish Race
Clear by second week of July 1922 that Civil War could not be confined to Dublin
Government opted for official reprisal for the murder of Sean Hales TD
How the independent state in 1922 went from democratic general election to disaster
By the time he died at the age of 52, Childers had made powerful enemies in the pro-Treaty side
Childers made powerful enemies on the pro-Treaty side of the Civil War
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It will be hard to find a way to remember the violence of the second half of 1922 in a non-partisan way
Michael Collins and Winston Churchill just two of the famous names among delegations
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Did Lloyd George mesmerise Collins, or did Collins silently acquiesce to his pressure tactics?
An Irishman’s Diary: British archives throw light on negotiations between Ireland and Britain during second World War
An Irishman’s Diary
Many of the health stories 50 years ago are all too relevant today, with rows about hospital sites, private versus public healthcare and concerns about cervical smear tests
A unique institution continues to accommodate those people of divergent political views
Morrissey was once an Anglo-Irish critic of Britishness, but he is now a far-right icon
Woodlawn House, located beside the Luas was lived in by a colonel, a confectioner and former president of Ireland Erskine Childers
Michael Collins began an audacious plan on April 4th, 1919, to appeal to people to fund an underground government
Brian Dobson, Heather Humphreys, Jan O’Sullivan and others on growing up in a Catholic dominated State
The Soloheadbeg ambush of 1919 was as much a strike at Sinn Féin as at Britain
For only the second time, an incumbent president is seeking a second term
William Melville created the blueprint for the popular culture spy we know today
For many reasons we are not the same people visited by John Paul II in 1979
If Irish crime fiction has a signal crime it is corruption – public and private, spiritual and secular
Vessel’s 4,000km voyage to share research on humpbacks with colleagues in Iceland
Tahilla has welcomed many politicians over the years, including Jack Lynch, Erskine Childers and Liam Cosgrave
The ‘Ilen’ was built 92 years ago for Falkland islanders by an Irish round-world yachtsman
Former minister of state would run in Dublin constituency, where party is without a seat
Eoghan Harris defends his documentary on 1922 conflict at West Cork History Festival
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