Irish History

The Big World Spins

Ireland in the revolutionary and Civil War years seemed to be much taken up with its own affairs. But Dubliners flocked to a lavish new…

Irish History

Generals and their Masters

A guerrilla army wins if it does not lose, Kissinger observed, while a conventional army loses if it does not win. A new edited account…

Irish History

Endgame

It is proper to retain some scepticism about the prevailing heroic narrative of the War of Independence, which was not without its unattractive features, but…