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An Indian girl looks at a painting depicting the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, in the run-up to the 100th anniversary pf the atrocity on April 13th, 1919. Photograph: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images
India’s Amritsar massacre bore the ‘made in Ireland’ mark

After a long and tempestuous life in the service of British imperialism, Sir Michael O’Dwyer had got used to a quiet life. He endured years of recrim(...)

The assassination of Henry Wilson attracted international attention, with the cover of the French magazine Le Petit Journal running an artist’s impression on a 1922 edition. Image: Getty
Who ordered the assassination that started the Civil War in Ireland?

A handwritten note in the pension file of an IRA woman based in London has shed new light on one of the great mysteries of Irish history. Field Mar(...)