The joy of this work is what I call serendipitous research, where I might initially go for collection ‘X,’ but wind up looking at collection ‘Y’ because of something I found in ‘X,’ and so I end up ..

It was an “unspeakable war,” wrote one journalist, and “a story that nobody dared to tell.” But contrary to popular assumption, the tragic Irish Civil War of 1922-1923—a wrenching, destructive run-up ...

In the century following the Irish Civil War (1922-1923), monuments were erected ... of the ICA becoming involved in the IRA by the end of 1922. As one of the most internationally recognizable ...

According to the 2023 U.S. Census, more than 30 million people, or about 9% of Americans, claim Irish ancestry, with over 117 ...

‘No Middle Path: the Civil War in Kerry’ offers an engrossing account of some of the darkest days in Irish history Historian and Author Owen O'Shea with his latest book 'No Middle ...