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Joseph Lawless came to an apparent agreement with his comrade Seán Lemass as they walked one evening from Beggars Bush Barracks in Dublin in the ea...

Dr Eoin Kinsella shares an excerpt from his book documenting the evolution of the Irish Defence Forces.

West Kerry fishermen who lost their livelihoods when the salmon driftnet ban was introduced in 2007 are furious at ongoing surveillance by fisheries officers that makes them feel like criminals. Salmon fishing was once the mainstay of the economy in Baile na nGall, supporting up to 30 families in a vibrant local community. Once the driftnet ban came into force all that disappeared. Now only a handful of boats are moored in Smerwick Harbour and part time local fishermen struggle to scratch a livi...

NEWS: Landmark win for Galway practitioner 2023-06-02

The anti-Treaty IRA was losing military momentum when its chief of staff was killed in April 1923

RTÉ's "Silent Civil War" is based on a series of interviews conducted by University of Oregon student Harlan J. Strauss, who traveled to Ireland in 1972 to talk to people who fought in Ireland's revolutionary wars.

Harlan J Strauss was a PhD student in Ireland in the 1970s when he recorded a remarkable series of interviews on his old Philips cassette recorder

Liam Lynch died around 8.45pm on the evening of 10 April 1923, 100 years ago. His death signalled the end of the war and moves were made soon after to conclude that phase of the IRA’s campaign.

At 10.15pm on the mild spring night of March 18, 1923 in the small Leitrim market town of Mohill, 31-year-old Dr Paddy Muldoon and his 70-year-old neighbour Edward Geelan were returning from their weekly Sunday night card game with the local Catholic parish priest Canon Michael Masterson.

Longford County Council members approved the consideration of a Part VIII for Rose Cottage, Ballinalee, County Longford at the December meeting of the local aut...