Nick Maxwell Founded in Thurles in 1884, the GAA has had a long association with Tipperary, an association intensified by the events of Bloody Sunday, 21 November 1920, when Crown forces attacked a Dublin vs Tipperary football match at Croke Park. Three of the fourteen victims were from Tipperary, including, famously, the only player killed on the … Read more
Commemorating Bloody Sunday in the Junior Cycle history classroom In the early morning of Sunday 21 November 1920 units of Dublin’s IRA assassinated 11 suspected British intelligence agents; two Auxiliaries and two civilians were also killed. That afternoon Crown forces opened fire on the crowd at a Dublin vs Tipperary football match in Croke Park, … Read more
By Joseph E.A. Connell Three separate but connected events occurred in Dublin on 21 November 1920, which became known as Bloody Sunday. First came the killings in the morning of eleven suspected British agents in their Dublin homes; two Auxiliaries and two civilians were also killed. Late that afternoon, Crown forces attacked the crowd at … Read more
JACQUELINE FITZGIBBONI.B. Tauris£76.50ISBN 9781838604004 Reviewed by Angus Mitchell Angus Mitchell is a historian and lives in Limerick. This study by Jacqueline Fitzgibbon extends from her Ph.D work at University College Cork. Well written and rigorously researched, it makes a considerable addition to the body of literature on American foreign policy. Furthermore, it provides … Read more
EOIN KINSELLA Four Courts Press €45 ISBN Reviewed by Colum Kenny Colum Kenny BL, professor emeritus, is a former chairperson of the Master’s in Journalism at Dublin City University. This book’s cover and a block of glossy, coloured photos define it. At the top of the jacket is the Victorian Albert College, once an agricultural … Read more