School Of History

Is there really one single thing called science, and has it ever been apolitical?

Science is a fairly recent invention, while ‘scientist’ was coined less then 200 years ago

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

Family of martyred Cork lord mayor welcome conference to mark centenary

UCC and Cork City Council host online event discussing impact of Terence MacSwiney’s death on hunger strike in 1920

Anti-Semitism endures as a staple of global racism

Ireland needs stronger legislation to stem ugly tide of hate crime and othering

Historic ‘Dublin Apocalypse’ manuscript goes online

The 14th-century masterpiece is a ‘hidden treasure’ depicting the end of days

New Irish revolution documentary steers away from ‘great man’ approach

Strong focus on mass movements, role of women and workers in series based on award winning book

Cap the price of building land to ease housing crisis, says Micheál Martin

Fianna Fáil leader claims 1973 Kenny Report can be implemented without referendum

History needs to play a greater role in society, says Martin

FF leader says abuse of history to justify extreme views has not been so evident since the 1940s

Ireland well-served by presidents with a record of public service, says Mansergh

Former Fianna Fáil TD says office of president has become a unifying figure

From book to screen: ‘Atlas of the Irish Revolution’ to be made into a documentary

Cillian Murphy to narrate screen version of one of publishing's more unlikely successes

How Putin and Trump have eroded truth and rule of law

Timothy Snyder traces our terrifying new totalitarianism to blurring of fact and fiction

IRA campaign in Co Cork during War of Independence not sectarian, UCC historian argues

Dr Andy Bielenberg says new evidence does not support thesis that Protestants were targeted in county

Conference marks centenary of US Navy in Ireland in first World War

Conference to examine role of the navy in combatting U-boat threat off Ireland

‘CSI 1916’: how Rising martyr Thomas Kent mystery was solved

Story of how man’s remains were exhumed and identified to be told at free UCC lecture

Loss of James Connolly ‘incalculable’ to Irish socialism - historian

Dr Donal Ó Drisceoil says Connolly believed working class was ‘on its knees’ after Lockout

Proclamation ‘superior’ to US declaration of independence

Historian says 1916 document should be read in entirety not judged on individual phrases

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