Criticism of The Wind that Shakes the Barley reflected British unfamiliarity with conflict, says historian
British media ‘reluctant’ to accept army engaged in brutal campaign in Ireland
Partition 1921: Portillo condemns ‘shocking’ role of Tory chief in new documentary
Policy in creating partition was intended to placate unionism, finds ex-British minister
Killing of priest and civilian in Cork bankrupted Auxiliaries of credibility, says historian
Canon Thomas Magner and Tadhg Crowley shot dead days after the Burning of Cork
The Sack of Balbriggan: The burning of a town that shocked the world 100 years ago
Actions by Crown forces brought renewed focus on Ireland’s struggle for independence
President Higgins says British must face up to their history of reprisals
President says sack of Balbriggan 100 years ago was rooted in ideas of superiority
The history of the Irish Border: From Plantation to Brexit
With the threat of a hard border looming, we look at how Northern Ireland came to this
The day the Home Rule movement died
A forgotten casualty of Germany’s ‘March Offensive’ was the Irish Parliamentary Party
Son (103) seeks to vindicate father executed in Easter Rising
Fr Joe Mallin says official account of Michael Mallin’s court martial is ‘profoundly wrong’
Diarmaid Ferriter: Ireland is back on the menu in Westminster
Will Theresa May’s newfound interest in Ireland pay dividends?
How Irish politicians transformed Britain when previously holding balance of power
Deal between Tories and the DUP is first time since 1910 that such an arrangement exists
The Redmonds: tragedy of Ireland’s first political family
War and illness tore the family apart in the late 19th and early 20th century
John Redmond caught in the middle during first World War
The Irish nationalist leader fought for Irish interests while also appeasing British leader Asquith
General who had Easter Rising leaders shot was ‘able, level-headed and clear-sighted’
TCD historian Eunan O’Halpin believes no British general would have acted differently
To stand with the Empire
John Redmond’s eve of war speech in the House of Commons turned into a gamble gone wrong, rather than a masterstroke
Historian Ronan Fanning challenges John Bruton over necessity for 1916 Rising
Ronan Fanning said British government’s inept behaviour encouraged violence
A coalition staying together ‘just for the kids’
The question is not whether this coalition will split, but how
A duty to the French?
During the long month of July, the British public enjoyed summer, listening occasionally to ever more strident tones from the Continent. For a while, however, they mostly did not choose to do so
From brink of civil war
As the Third Home Rule Bill made it way through parliament in London, Ulster Protestants were spooked and formed the UVF to fight in the event of British MP’s electing to support the bill
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