Twomey’s role in the Irish War of Independence was nothing short of extraordinary. Recruited by Brigade Intelligence Officer Seán Buckley, she had access to the secret communications of British ...

IrishCentral contributor Joseph Connell examines the life of a hero of Irish Republicanism, Máire Comerford, the fearless ...

"An Explosion by the Ballyseedy Woods" is the final play in Ara Barlieb's trilogy about the Irish war of independence from Great Britain. It was preceded by "The Rising" in 2023 and "The Anglo ...

Although Ireland remained neutral during the second world war – the ultimate show for de Valera of its independence – intelligence cooperation and the service of Irish men and women in the ...

The death of John Hemingway, the last of The Few who fought in the Battle of Britain, has brought a reminder of the southern Irish ... those in uniform dying in the Second World War, compared ...

The Philly-based leader of Clan na Gael, Joseph McGarrity, continued running arms to his homeland even after the Irish War of Independence ended in 1921 with a treaty that divided the six counties ...

Winston Churchill, British Secretary of State for War, sent the Black and Tans into Ireland on March 25, 1920. It was a fatal mistake by the British that drove Irish opposition to British rule to ...

Ittai and thousands of other reservists in the Israel Defense Forces — some of whom have been in uniform twice as long — now face the prospect of an immediate return to war. Prime minister ...

The solidarity group Noraid raised millions of dollars to support the Irish republican movement during the Troubles. Although Noraid attracted lots of hostile media coverage at the time, the group’s ...

Murphy stars in "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" as Damien O’Donovan, a promising young doctor who becomes caught up in the Irish War of Independence in the 1920s. Although initially ...

Russia’s illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was quick and ...

There were high hopes when oil-rich South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after a long conflict. But the country slid into a civil war in December 2013 largely based on ethnic ...