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    Dr Michael Loughman is a Research Fellow at the School of History & Geography at DCU. He is a former Research Ireland Awardee

    (Eingeschränkte Rechte für bestimmte redaktionelle Kunden in Deutschland. Limited rights for specific editorial clients in Germany.) Irish farmers with a poster "Must we emigrate or what?", 1939 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

    A short history of the Irish farmers' protest of 1939

    The 1939 strike exposed a deep sense of frustration amongst many farmers who felt ignored, a sentiment that has never entirely disappeared

    History • 06 May
    Charlotte Despard (front) and other activists appeal for the release of prisoners on hunger strike in Dublin's Mountjoy Prison during the elections in October 1923. Photo: Walshe/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images

    Why did 8,000 IRA prisoners go on hunger strike in 1923?

    Anti-treaty fighters may have called a civil war ceasefire in May 1923, but thousands remained in prison for months afterwards

    History • 06 Oct 23
    Some of the Ryan family of Tomcoole, Co Wexford. Photo: Ryan family

    How the Civil War split an Irish republican family in two

    No family were as promenient as the Ryans of Co Wexford during the War of Independence, but few were as bitterly divided by the aftermath

    Irish Civil War • 24 Mar 22

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