On this day, Jan 2, 1920, recruitment began for the Black and Tans, Britain’s unofficial auxiliary army during the Irish War of Independence. The Black and Tans first arrived in Ireland on March ...
A new booking looking at Louth during the struggle for independence and afterwards by Louth Libraries historian in residence ...
Eamonn Duggan has delivered an excellent synopsis of Sean Moylan’s life, especially of the active years of 1918 to 1923 ...
Collins rose to prominence during the Irish War of Independence and became one of ... the archives on "long-term loan" before the original books are returned to Collins' native County Cork next ...
Looking back at it with the knowledge that he dominated Irish life for the next half ... of participants is like a Who’s Who of the War of Independence. The Volunteers were a highly visible ...