It’s this methodology that helped spark O’Halpin’s interest in studying similarities between Ireland and Afghanistan’s struggles to cope with anomalous, British-imposed and maintained borders, for ...

In the century following the Irish Civil War (1922-1923 ... that were erected to commemorate the Civil War, either commemorating specific soldiers or entire groups. Two colours are used to ...

Syria is currently convulsed by a civil war — in which Irish troops have sprang into action on several occasions as they defended themselves or other UN soldiers from attack — although there ...

It was the first time soldiers of the 36th Ulster and 16th Irish Divisions fought side-by-side in World War One. The Battle of Messines Ridge has been commemorated with special ceremonies in Belgium.

Nevertheless, Irish picture houses attempted from a very early point in the war to provide shadow soldiers on the screen for their audiences, and not only working-class ones. On 7 August 1914 ...