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…

Great to do another talk for Trasna na Tíre, the brilliant series of online Irish history talks as we still live through Covid-19 restrictions. This time, I do a talk on Mick Fitzgerald, Cork IRA leader and close contemporary of Liam Lynch, (subject of my forthcoming book). Fitzgerald was the…

I wrote this article which was originally published online by The Irish Times on Saturday, 17 October 2020. That date marked the 100th anniversary of the death of Michael Fitzgerald, the first republican to die during the Irish War of Independence. See the link to the original article here. I also discussed…

  It was a pleasure to do a talk for UCC’s conference Terence MacSwiney, Cork Men’s Gaol, and the Political Hunger Strike, 1920-2020 marking the hunger strike of republican prisoners in Cork Gaol in 1920. It is remarkable they were able to pull the conference together under the covid-19 restrictions.…