The legendary movie starring Cillian Murphy, The Wind that Shakes the Barley, was filmed in a number of locations - most of ...

The Truce that brought the War of Independence to an end in July 1921 resulted in jubilation, consternation and suspicion. Although welcomed by the public, it was clear to many Irish republicans ...

But his claim to fame might be that he was one of the rebels who started the War of Independence in Soloheadbeg ... place at Soloheadbeg where two Royal Irish Constabularies [RIC] policemen ...

It was an “unspeakable war,” wrote one journalist, and “a story that nobody dared to tell.” But contrary to popular assumption, the tragic Irish Civil War of 1922-1923—a wrenching, destructive run-up ...

or the political violence precipitating the Irish Civil War of 1922-1923—the subject of his Burns Scholar Lecture on March 2 at 5:30 p.m. in the Burns Library Thompson Room. A collaboration between ...

If you nodded off during history classes you may not remember the vast story of Ireland. Check out these Irish historical films!

CARLOW Historical and Archaeological Society (CHAS) will hold its next lecture in the Milford Room at the Seven Oaks Hotel on Wednesday 19 February at 8pm. Economic and social historian Andy ...

Britain was preoccupied with the War and its army in Ireland was ... Home Rule was now a thing of the past. Full independence was now the goal of Irish Nationalism. Sinn Féin was led by Éamon ...

book, The Enchanted Bay: Tales and Legends from Ernie O’Malley’s Irish Folklore Collection shows us, he was also a gatherer ...

one with an incredible stake in the whole story – Irish International rugby legend Donal Lenihan. Lenihan was delighted to officiate at the launch of The War of Independence in North Kerry ...

The Truce that brought the War of Independence to an end in July 1921 resulted in jubilation, consternation and suspicion. Although welcomed by the public, it was clear to many Irish republicans ...