ON THIS DATE (20TH SEPTEMBER) 220 YEARS AGO : 'DARLING OF ERIN' BUTCHERED BY WESTMINSTER.Robert Emmet was born on the 4th March, 1778, a son of Dr Robert Emmet and Elizabeth Mason. His fat… Read More

Das 19. Jahrhundert war eine Ära des Wandels, geprägt von politischen Umbrüchen, wissenschaftlichen Entdeckungen und sozialen Bewegungen. Während viele Verschwörungs… Read More

WIKIPEDIAThe Fenian Brotherhood (Irish: Bráithreachas na bhFíníní) was an Irish republican organisation founded in the United States in 1… Read More

ON THIS DATE (23RD NOVEMBER) 146 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF THE BLUFFER BATES.'Sir' Richard Dawson Bates (pictured) was born in Strandtown, Belfast, on the 23rd November 1876 - 146 years ago on t… Read More

ON THIS DATE (21ST SEPTEMBER) 195 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF AN RIC MAN WHO RESIGNED HIS POSITION IN OPPOSITION TO 'REPRESSIVE ACTIONS AGAINST THE IRISH'.On the 21st September 1827 - 195 years ago… Read More

ON THIS DATE (12TH JANUARY) 83 YEARS AGO : REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT ULTIMATUM DELIVERED TO WESTMINSTER.An ultimatum from the Government of the Irish Republic was delivered to the then British F… Read More

ON THIS DATE (24TH NOVEMBER) 79 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF THE 'SOLDIERS SONG' STATER.'(Peadar) Kearney was born at 68 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin, in 1883 (on the 12th December) (and) often walke… Read More

ON THIS DATE (7TH APRIL) 220 YEARS AGO : JAMES NAPPER TANDY STANDS 'TRIAL'.Liberte! Egalite! Fraternite! Ou La Mort! ( (Freedom! Equality! Brotherhood! Or Death!). Unite Indivisibilite De La… Read More

AN APOLOGY TO OLIVER HOYLE, WILLIAM BURKE AND CHRISTOPHER BYRNE.When Ireland called forth her true sons of the heather,O'Boyle was the foremost to answer the call,The sons of the Rosses he b… Read More

The main street of Castlemartyr from the west in the 1880s. The Fenians attacked from the other end of the street. The Constabulary Barracks was half-way down the street almost directly oppo… Read More

* Copy courtesy of Simon & Schuster *Guest reviewer Neil Béchervaise is back to share his thoughts on The Abstainer by Ian McGuire; an historical fiction novel set in 1860s Britai… Read More

ON THIS DATE (29TH APRIL) 104 YEARS AGO : REPUBLICAN 'SURRENDER ORDER' AND FR. ALOYSIUS. On Saturday, 29th April, 1916 - 104 years ago on this date - Pádraig Pearse issued the 'Surren… Read More

ON THIS DATE (25TH SEPTEMBER) 102 YEARS AGO : IRISH HUNGER-STRIKER MURDERED BY FORCE-FEEDING."You cannot put a rope around the neck of an idea...you cannot confine it in the strongest prison… Read More

Embed from Getty ImagesDuring the 2017 general election campaign I blogged about Jeremy Corbyn's cordial relations with the Provisional IRA.Though they had not been the trump card that the C… Read More

ON THIS DATE (20TH DECEMBER) 95 YEARS AGO : POACHER-TURNED-GAMEKEEPER SHOT DEAD BY IRA.'Seamus Dwyer was christened James and took the Irish form of his name in later life. He was the younge… Read More