Publications

13 August 1922: The destruction of Mitchelstown Castle

Read Terence Dooley's article on the Irish Revolution and Country House burnings on Century Ireland.

12 August 1922: Death of a statesman

Read Eunan Ó Halpin's essay on the fading of Arthur Griffith on Century Ireland. 

Read Joanna Bruck and Damian Sheils' essay on Landscapes of counter-memory on Century Ireland. 

9 August 1922: The reopening of Clery's department store

Read Fionnuala Walsh's essay on ordinary life in extraordinary times on Century Ireland. 

3 August 1922: The Abandoned Tailteann Games

Read Paul Rouse's essay on sport, nationality and partition on Century Ireland. 

RIA author John Gibney at Milwaukee Irish Festival

If you are in Milwaukee this August, join historian and RIA author John Gibney for three talks as part of the Festival's Hedge School.

Reforming the Agreement: A Dublin view

In the Republic the Good Friday Agreement is seen as a towering achievement of Irish diplomacy and statecraft. But while the public and politicians are mostly spared the direct consequences of the failure of the...

13 July 1922: Jim Larkin lectures the Irish Republican League of Canada

Read Patrick Mannion's essay on diasporic nationalism in North America on Century Ireland.

Explaining the different results in opinion polls on Irish unity

Attitude surveys tend to show that public opinion in Northern Ireland, on the political future, has shifted significantly in the aftermath of the UK’s 2016 Brexit referendum, but there are significant differences...

7 July 1922: Free State forces attack Skeog House

Read Breandán Mac Suibhne's article recalling the attack on Skeog House by Free State forces on Century Ireland.