An ex-colleague sent me this link. It’s apparently a contemporary newsreel, and the general tone is all very much of its time. It’s quite odd, though, and a bit inaccurate too. At 1 min. 28 they show what must be…
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Notifications about changes and additions to the Irish History Compressed blog and the Irish History Compressed ebook, as well as breaking news about matters relating to Irish history.
We’re on Twitter!
Irish History Compressed now has a Twitter feed under the rather squashed moniker of http://twitter.com/HistoryCompr (You’d think with over 500 million users the twelve-character limit on Twitter names would need to be lifted…) That means that from now on you…
Ireland and the World Wars on Pinterest
It’s all been a bit quiet around here recently as attention has been focused on back-end things such as redesigning and optimising the website. I’ve also been procrastinating a bit by playing around with Pinterest, and I decided to move…
Irish History Compressed ebook available everywhere!
All right, not everywhere, but on almost all electronic media – Apple ibookstore, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble’s Nook, Kobo, your computer, your smartphone etc. etc… To celebrate, here’s a coupon to get the ebook for a discount price at Smashwords.com:…
Free for St Patrick’s Day: the Irish History Compressed Ebook
As previously promised, we’ve made the ebook free for one day only. It seemed appropriate, given that St Patrick does get a mention… And if you do download the book and enjoy it, think about leaving a comment or a…
Guinness ‘considered being English’
Appropriately enough for the time of year when a lot of alcohol is consumed, here’s a story about how the IRA campaign of the late 70s and early 80s nearly cost Ireland one of its best-known tipples: Brewer Guinness was…
The Irish History Compressed ebook winter sale
In the tradition of Christmas sales we’ve reduced the price of the Irish History Compressed ebook[1] to £1.49 till the New Year. Apologies to those in other countries but the price is already at the lowest level Amazon will allow. “But…
The Loyal Dublin Volunteers: a forgotten organisation
History always brings up surprises. I’d never heard of this before. At its peak the LDV boasted a membership of some 2000 men. Many were of Ulster birth, some 768 men and women signed the Ulster Covenant and Declaration within…