Baying for blood: The assassination attempt on the First Duke of Ormonde

This article will provide a chronological account of the most audacious assassination attempt in seventeenth century Britain, the attempt on the life of the First Duke Ormonde, James Butler.
Catch 22 – Archbishop Mannix and his involvement in the Anglo-Irish Truce Negotiations of 1920

This article will focus on the role of Archbishop Daniel Mannix in the Anglo-Irish truce negotiations of December 1920.
The Evacuation of Kilmainham Gaol 1910

This article discusses the evacuation of Kilmainham Gaol in 1910.
What if Kilmainham Gaol would suddenly vanish from the public’s gaze and lose face during our country’s most defining moments? This article will attempt to answer these questions by discussing how Kilmainham Gaol in fact looked destined to unfulfill its role as the Bastille of Irish prisons due to its evacuation in 1910.