I am so at home in Dublin, more than any other city, that I feel it has always been familiar to me. It took me years to see through its soft charm to its bitter prickly kernel - which I quite like too.

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History

Changing the Question

The triumph of liberal Britain, which survived the eclipse of the party

Shipyard Radical

The life of Belfast trade unionist and revolutionary socialist James Baird

‘The Catholic Church’

What ‘everyone knows’ about Catholic Ireland, and the more complex reality

The Grapes of Mirth

The traditions and development of a very special Spanish wine

Their Story

Nine families of sister siblings who were influential in Irish history

The Best Intentions

A British soldier and administrator in 18thc America, India and Ireland

The Casement Diaries

  While trying not to overburden readers with detail, it is important to counter unevidenced assertions and to correct errors in Martin Mansergh’s review of Paul Hyde’s book Casement: Decoding False History (https://drb.ie/articles/blackening-casement/). Hyde has published an earlier book entitled Anatomy of a Lie, offering a number of other theories on the supposed forging of […]

The Kilmichael Ambush

Re-examining the controversial events of the war in Co Cork

A Salutary Lesson

Russia’s vicious 19th century wars of conquest in Asia

Against the Tide

George Berkeley interprets the mysterious language of God