'I have brought both mules to the water': Jan Smuts and the Truce South African politician Jan Smuts was an unlikely part of the Truce negotiations. Ciarán Reilly explains his role - and why de Valera never forgave him. History • 07 Jul 21
'I have brought both mules to the water': Jan Smuts and the Truce South African politician Jan Smuts was an unlikely part of the Truce negotiations. Ciarán Reilly explains his role - and why de Valera never forgave him. History • 07 Jul 21
Hidden Ireland: The world of the cottier on the eve of the Famine They were at the bottom of the social and economic pyramid in 1840s Ireland - and their world was destroyed by the Famine. Ciarán Reilly on the cottiers History • 25 Nov 20
Hidden Ireland: The world of the cottier on the eve of the Famine They were at the bottom of the social and economic pyramid in 1840s Ireland - and their world was destroyed by the Famine. Ciarán Reilly on the cottiers History • 25 Nov 20
"That diabolical system": evictions in famine Ireland Up to half a million people lost their homes during the Great Famine. Who carried out and documented those evictions, and what happened to the evicted? Famine Ireland • 25 Feb 21
"That diabolical system": evictions in famine Ireland Up to half a million people lost their homes during the Great Famine. Who carried out and documented those evictions, and what happened to the evicted? Famine Ireland • 25 Feb 21
