I did a webinar today over Zoom for the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH), the Irish-American Catholic fraternal organisation. Ironically, Lynch was briefly a member of the AOH at some point in the later 1910s, and later spoke quite dismissively of them – as noted in the above video! It…

Today, on Easter Monday – exactly 100 years since the death of General Liam Lynch – I was interviewed as part of an RTÉ Six One report on events being held to mark centenary of Lynch’s death. Of note, David McCullagh actually interviewed me way back at the Kerry Civil War…

One of the highlights on this General Liam Lynch centenary weekend was appearing on a panel on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland today, to discuss the death of Lynch on the exact day a century on from his death. I appeared alongside Councilor Máirín McGrath (of the the Liam Lynch Newcastle Committee),…

Ahead of the centenary of Liam Lynch, and especially in light of the events in Newcastle village in Tipperary this coming weekend, I was interviewed by Fran Curry today on Tipp FM about my Liam Lynch biography. You can listen on Spotify here or the link on the Tipp FM…

It was great to be back on the The Irish History Show, presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney, to discuss Liam Lynch and my new book. John is one of the most impressive and gifted historians on this period, editor of the Irish Story website, and with a considerable…

In March 2023 I was interviewed by Myles Dungan on the RTÉ History Show about my Liam Lynch biography.   On this week’s programme: The life and death of republican leader Liam Lynch; and 800 years of industry in Harold’s Cross. Liam Lynch: To Declare a Republic Liam Lynch was…

In December 2022 I was interviewed by Myles Dungan on the RTÉ History Show about my book Alderman Joseph MacDonagh, TD – Tipperary’s Forgotten Revolutionary Politician?  On this week’s programme – the life and death of forgotten revolutionary Joseph MacDonagh; the long history of the Church of the Nativity in…

I was a guest on The History of Ireland podcast in September 2022 to discuss my Liam Lynch biography and more. Loved this chat with Gerard Shannon, a fascinating historian currently writing a book on Liam Lynch. Over the course of the interview we get deep into the minds of…

It was fantastic to have the chance to do this online talk for Áras Uí Chonghaile about Michael Fitzgerald, Cork IRA leader. Fitzgerald is a recurring figure in my forthcoming book on Liam Lynch. Fitzgerald was the first republican to die on hunger striker during the Irish War of Independence…

Even with events still not having in-person attendance, it was great to again be doing a talk for this year’s Dublin Festival of History this evening on the life of the controversial IRA Chief of Staff Séan Russell. (Russell of course having a highly divisive statue that stands in Fairview…