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In an ongoing debate on twitter and other places, we find the Irish experiences of being slaves in the colonies in America in the 17th century, dismissed as some kind of 'myth'. In some accounts I have it seen described as some sort of Irish nationalist fable composed in the late 19th century...

When reading recently Steven Ellis’ valuable account of Meath in the Middle Ages, “Defending English Ground”, he refers to the “sheriff of the geographically tiny county of the cross of Meath”. What is the county called the ‘Cross of Meath’, are there many references to it in medieval times, I...

Whatever about the official story, the reality appears to be that Collins was a very unpopular man with the British and Irish governments at the time of his death at Béal na Blath, so unpopular as possibly to lead to his killing by these governments, as many people then and since have always...