Today’s Irish News article on the century-long accusations of BBC bias in Northern Ireland. www.irishnews.com/opinion/corm...
In the latest The Irish History Boys episode, Tim McGarry and I discuss Seamus Mallon's way-off prediction in 1976 that there would be power-sharing in 2 years, accusations of BBC bias in 1926 and 1976, as well as the 1926 SF split that resulted in FF. youtu.be/fAIhHypvSw8?...
On this week's The Irish History Boys episode, Tim McGarry and I discuss the 1926 Sinn Féin split that led to the formation of Fianna Fáil and the 1922 arrests of Monaghan Gaelic footballers that sparked intense violence in the North. youtu.be/A9OR0DlUyKg?...
On this week's episode of The Irish History Boys, Tim McGarry and I discuss the collapse of the Constitutional Convention in early 1976 and the financial viability of Northern Ireland since its inception in 1921. youtu.be/NgFIwvOEgxQ?...
Today’s Irish News article on the talks during the height of the Troubles in the 1970s between the IFA and the FAI to have one Irish football team. www.irishnews.com/opinion/corm...
Honoured for my book The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission to be amongst great company in the short-list for the Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Today’s Irish News article on the 50th anniversary of the death from hunger strike of Frank Stagg and a look at the use of hunger strikes by the Irish Republican movement during the 20th century. www.irishnews.com/opinion/corm...
On this week's episode of The Irish History Boys, Tim McGarry and I discuss the 50th anniversary of the death of Frank Stagg on the 62nd day of his hunger strike and a history of hunger strikes within the republican movement during the 20th century. youtu.be/6RhNuHTutm8?...
