He was particularly disturbed when Taoiseach Jack Lynch dismissed two of his ministers over an alleged plot to import arms to ...

Collectors also used the event to bring to auction letters, documents, military medals and other archival material. Whyte’s annual Eclectic Collector auction, which ends on Sunday, between 2pm and 6pm ...

(Part 2/2) On Easter Monday in 1916, Irish rebels read a proclamation of independence that sparked a week-long battle with the British army. Over the next six days, this new bloody frontier of the ...

For Burns Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies Eunan O’Halpin, his fondness for reading print newspapers mirrors his approach to scholarly work, delving into bureaucratic archives of diplomatic, ...

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 ...

Leeann Lane’s Mary MacSwiney is a long-overdue biography that sheds light on one of Ireland’s most formidable, yet often ...

During his election campaign, US president Donald Trump claimed the word tariff is“more beautiful than 'love'”. Now in office, Trump has targeted his ...

Join the IrishCentral Book Club this April as we read the award-winning bestseller "Wounds - A Memoir of War and Love." ...

As Woodrow Wilson campaigned for re-election to the White House in 1916, he tried – as best he could – to keep foreign controversies and conflicts far removed from the concerns of American voters.