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History Ireland JULY / AUGUST 2025

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PROTEST IN IRELAND ON FILM

By Anna Rose Garvey In this issue we take a closer look at four films that focus on acts of protest...

ROBERT DUDLEY EDWARDS AND THE QUAKER UNDERCURRENT TO THE IRISH SCIENTIFIC HISTORY REVOLUTION

By Neasa MacErlean Robert Dudley Edwards is known as much for his eccentricity as for his work in...

FROM ATHLONE TO AMIENS—AN IRISH AIRMAN’S DEATH

By Desmond Gibney This story begins with a photograph of a grave-marker bearing the name of RAF...

CRICKET IN FINGAL

By James Bennett ‘There are more cricket clubs and unofficial “elevens” in Co. Dublin per square...

THE CALLAHANS AND THE MURPHYS AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY CANCEL CULTURE

By Christopher S. Connelly Last year the Irish Film Institute Archive announced the discovery of...

IRELAND BEAUTIFUL—HOW A 1925 AMERICAN PHOTOBOOK BOOSTED IRISH TOURISM

By Mark Holan American photographer and antiquarian Wallace Nutting drove through all 32 counties of...

THE FIRST BLUESHIRTS—THE BRITISH FASCISTI IN IRELAND 1923–35

By Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc One spring morning in 1923 Rotha Lintorn-Orman, former head of the British...

‘A LAW UNTO HIMSELF’? TOM BARRY’S GUERRILLA CAMPAIGN IN TIPPERARY

By Anthony Barrett Over the winter months of 1922/3, by which time the Irish Civil War had devolved...

JOHN SULLIVAN’S GREAT ESCAPE IN 1798—SURVIVAL THROUGH TRANSLATION

By John Gleeson When an eighteen-year-old Kerryman named John Sullivan arrived at a famous French...

SPAIN, HER IRISH OFFICERS AND THE ’45

By Stephen Griffin Irish émigrés are recorded in the Iberian peninsula from the sixteenth century...

‘TIME OUT OF JOINT’—CALENDARS OLD AND NEW

By Cora Crampton A number of years ago I encountered a difficulty in progressing a promising...

PREMIUMS AND PROGRESS—HOW THE DUBLIN SOCIETY SHAPED EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY IRELAND

By Fiona Fitzsimons Founded in 1731 as a philanthropic organisation and members’ club, the Dublin...

Regulars

From the editor

War and genocide—then and now

Our front cover features a painting of the Lancaster bomber—VN-Z ME798—crewed by Irish airman...

From the editor

War and genocide—then and now

Our front cover features a painting of the Lancaster bomber—VN-Z ME798—crewed by Irish airman...

Bite-sized history

BY DONAL FALLON ROYAL HIBERNIAN ACADEMY 195th SHOW OPENS The Royal Hibernian Academy’s Annual Show has returned, running until August 2025. This is the 195th...

Gems of architecture

Artefacts

SOKOL DRILL IN THE IRISH ARMY, 1932–47

By Lar Joye J.P. Duggan in his history of the Irish Army observed that in the 1930s sport was one of the cheaper means of keeping interest alive in the forces. In January 1933 the assistant chief of...

From The Archives

Michael Collins military dictator

By John M. Regan This article first appeared in: THE SPLIT-Treaty to Civil War 1921–23 published by Wordwell as a supplement to History Ireland in 2021 priced €12. Copies are still available

The Truce and preliminary negotiations between de Valera and Lloyd George

By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr As British hopes for a military victory in the War of Independence faded, they began to wonder whether Ireland was worth the price in lives

Lively round-table discussions

Hedge Schools

Forthcoming Hedge Schools

Editor Tommy Graham will be hosting a series of History Ireland Hedge Schools, lively round-table discussions with historians and well-known personalities.

Hedge School audios and videos

A collection of audio and video recordings of the 20+ more Hedge Schools we have put on around Ireland, featuring well-known historians in lively debate on popular and relevant topics