The story behind Monty's Macroom Castle standoff with the IRA 100 years ago, British army leader Bernard 'Monty' Montgomery was forced into an undignified retreat from the Cork town History • 05 May 22
The story of Josephine McCoy, the IRA spy in the British barracks The real story behind one of the plots in the Resistance drama is just as fascinating as what happens on screen War of Independence • 20 Apr 22
All you need to know about the 1921 burning of the Custom House The IRA's destruction of the Custom House remains one of the most famous incidents of the War of Independence History • 21 May 21
Why grenades and bombs from Ireland's war years still turn up Coming across unexploded munitions from the War Of Indepedence and Civil War is a relatively common occurrence History • 12 Feb 21
The strange, gruesome murder of a Galway priest 100 years ago Mystery still surrounds the reasons for the murder of Fr Michael Griffin 100 years ago this weekend History • 13 Nov 20
How Ireland's revolutionaries used caves to hide people and arms Guerrilla tactics during the War of Independence and Civil War included using caves as hideouts for fighters and arms History • 22 Sep 20
What were Irish nationalists up to in UK during the war years? The Irish Self-Determination League of Great Britain was the voice of Irish nationalism in the UK during those war years History • 02 Sep 20
How forced hair cutting was used as a weapon of war in Ireland Forcibly cutting women's hair was carried out during the War Of Independence by both sides in the conflict War of Independence • 13 Feb 20
Come out ye Black and Tans: who were the Black and Tans? The British recruits policing Ireland had a reputation for ill discipline, drunkenness, brutality and violence War of Independence • 13 Jan 20
The forgotten men of the War of Independence What were the experiences of the Royal Irish Constabulary's Irish-born members during the War of Independence and beyond? War of Independence • 22 Mar 19
How should Ireland remember Soloheadbeg? Soloheadbeg's importance lies not so much in its immediate results, but more in how those events have been remembered War of Independence • 17 Jan 19
