This blog will be hosting the next History Carnival on 1 March 2014. In case you don’t know what that is, let them tell you rather than me: History Carnival is a monthly showcase of blog writing about history, usually…
Category: General
The various IRAs
(Note: I have tried to keep this account as factual as possible and my own views out of it, so any political slant and/or bias people read into it is as much a product of their minds as my words!)…
Irish History Compressed E-book is DRM-free
There’s been some controversy recently about ebooks protected by DRM (Digital Rights Management) and what that allows the retailer to do with an ebook you thought you owned.* It’s not very apparent unless you search quite hard on the Amazon…
Reposted: The Re-Introduction of Direct Rule in Northern Ireland
Another reposting of material that first appeared elsewhere. This one will probably eventually find its way into Northern Irish History Compressed (planned for sometime next year). Read the article here: The Re-Introduction of Direct Rule in Northern Ireland
Reposted: The Bombardment of the Four Courts, 28 June 1922
I decided to repost some content I wrote for other sites. Here’s the first, about the starting point of the Irish Civil War. (First posted here.)
Welcome to Irish History Compressed!
29th September 2012, the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Ulster Covenant: a significant date for launching a new blog and publishing venture on Irish and Northern Irish history (can one ever really separate the two?). Strictly speaking, today…