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Montgomery and the War of Independence – ‘I regarded all civilians as Shinners’
- Opinion
- January 10, 2021, 15:01
In January 1921, an ambitious British army officer arrived in Cork with a view to subduing a place that had become the crucible of the War of Independ(...)

Real-life Peaky Blinders: How the IRA sourced guns from the ‘Birmingham mob’
- Heritage
- January 8, 2021, 06:00
Britain at the end of the first World War was a country in a state of foment, and its government led by David Lloyd George lived in terror of a commun(...)

Historic coalition agreement ends almost a century of Civil War politics
- Irish News
- June 27, 2020, 09:22
Civil War politics began in the surroundings of what is now the National Concert Hall in Earlsfort Terrace and has ended 98 years later at the Convent(...)

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael: From Civil War enemies to modern-day partners
- Politics
- April 18, 2020, 12:00
If Wednesday’s historic announcement between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael marked the end of Civil War politics, its beginnings can be traced to a vote on(...)

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(...)

India’s Amritsar massacre bore the ‘made in Ireland’ mark
- Heritage
- April 13, 2019, 06:00
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(...)

Who ordered the assassination that started the Civil War in Ireland?
- Irish News
- May 12, 2018, 01:00
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(...)