Frank Aiken
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War of Independence: the bloodiest six months
- Culture
- June 3, 2020, 00:00
The first six months of 1921 were by far the most violent period of the Irish War of Independence. In late 1920, a halt to the violence had looked p(...)

Belfast on the brink in 1920
- Culture
- June 3, 2020, 00:00
The traditional narrative of the War of Independence identifies the dates of the conflict as encompassing the period from January 21st, 1919, until th(...)

Armagh, 1921: IRA man tormented by woman’s killing in attack on Protestant village
- Heritage
- October 15, 2019, 00:00
The Revolution Files is a collection of articles detailing one incident in each of Ireland’s 32 counties during the revolutionary years, from 1916 to (...)

Dundalk a town of ‘British shoneens, British camp hangers-on and the Ancient Order of Hibernians’
- Heritage
- October 15, 2019, 00:00
County Louth Incident IRA attack on a train on Armagh-Louth border Date June 21st, 1921 Fatalities 5 During the Troubles, Dundalk(...)

Tipperary, 1919: The woman who hid Dan Breen after Soloheadbeg ambush
- Heritage
- October 15, 2019, 00:00
County: Tipperary Incident: Soloheadbeg ambush Date: January 21st, 1919 Fatalities: 2 The War of Independence began with the shooting dead of two Roy(...)

‘There is far more value set at present on the life of a greyhound’
- Heritage
- October 15, 2019, 00:00
County: Derry Incident: Killing of William Canning Date: December 12th, 1920 The family of an IRA volunteer, shot by British soldiers and thrown 100f(...)

‘Donald Trump loves Ireland’: Ireland and the US president
- Books
- October 12, 2019, 06:00
There’s nowhere quite like Worth Avenue, Palm Beach, Florida – with the exception, perhaps, of Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, California. Worth Avenue is(...)

1969: Irish ministers felt military incursion in North could lead to pogroms
- Politics
- August 16, 2019, 01:00
When Fianna Fáil returned to office in June 1969 it would be the last election for three decades in which violence in Northern Ireland would not form (...)

Walk for the weekend: Lynch Walk, Co Tipperary
- Travel
- May 8, 2019, 10:00
During the Civil War, Larry Clancy was a Free State army officer based in Clogheen, Co Tipperary. His task was eliminating Republican forces from the (...)

The Irish Times view on Ireland and the EU: Echoes from the recent past
- Editorial
- November 14, 2018, 00:10
The latest volume of official documents on Irish foreign policy published yesterday reveals just how much has changed over the past 60 years but also (...)