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I've been told by the hosting co. that the site should be back online. Can people let me know today if they can accuess it again? (It's been a trying couple of days!)

South African leader Jan Smuts played an important role in securing a truce between Irish and British in July 1921. As Jack Traynor discussuses in this article. He'd once been a Boer general agaisnt the British empire and later a British general! theirishstory.com/2023/02/14/jan…

Noel Lemass, brother of future taoiseach Sean, was abducted and murdered by pro-Treaty froces after the Civil War had ended in 1923. There was speculation that it was revenge by elements of CID over what Lemass may have done durig the conflict.

In The Irish History Boys episode this week, Tim Mc Garry and I discuss the Irish Boundary Commission, a 'forgotten famine' in Ireland in 1925 and the IFA rescinding its ban on Sunday football in 1975. youtu.be/zhNgfNl58AI?fe…

“When our friendless standards were first unfurled, who were the strangers who first mustered around our staff, Erin’s generous sons. Ireland, thou friend of my country in my most friendless days". George Washington's praise for his Irish soldiers. #Ireland #History #4thofJuly

For #4thofJuly, an image of the 'Catalpa' following the rescue of 6 Fenian prisoners from Western Australia on 17 April 1876. When the British Governor threated to fire on the ship the captain replied: "My Flag protects me; if you fire on this ship you fire on the American Flag"

The resource that I've been working on for the past year has recently been released. It gathers the lost debates of the Irish Parliament from 1776-1801 - a period of deep upheaval in Ireland and the Atlantic world. Please explore at: virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/iri…

Moonrise aligned with North Bull Lighthouse with a photobomb by Irish Ferries. Another spectacular evening.

July 11, a fairly little known date, is Ireland's national day of commemoration, as a result of the Truce of 1921. Formally it takes place on the closest Sunday commemorating all Irish people who died in war.

Sandy Row at Napier Street, Belfast. 1974. © courtesy/permission of (Bill Kirk/ Belfast archive project)

Also for the day that's in it, we have a podcast on the Orange Order with TheIrishHistoryShow theirishstory.com/2018/08/19/pod…

Mary Nugent and her great granddaughter Mary. Drumintee, Co. Armagh. 1940s. Mrs Nugent was one of the areas last native Irish speakers, she passed away in 1948. (Duchas ie)

Congratulations to my brother, John Martin, on the launch of his book, Dalkey: An Illustrated History, yesterday. Published by Wordwell/Eastwoodbooks, this is a very concise and readable book on the history of Dalkey. #Dalkey #DalkeyOpen #dalkeybookfest #eastwoodbooks #killiney

Henry Joy McCracken was executed #OTD, 17 July 1798, for his role in leading the United Irishmen in the 1798 Rebellion. He had previously spent nearly a year as a prisoner in Kilmainham Gaol between October 1796 and December 1797. 1/2

NEW: In the four years after the Famine, 40,000 people left #Kerry according to Census data from 1800s just published by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland 'The people are wretchedly poor' said one report What the data tells us about Kerry: owenoshea.ie/the-people-are…

And podcast on the same topic with TheIrishHistoryShow irishhistoryshow.ie/98-the-ulster-…

The Tholsel was once central to medieval Dublin’s civic life—a hub for trade, taxes, city council meetings, and justice. Standing for centuries at a key crossroads, it saw the city evolve before being demolished in the early 1800s.

Article by Brian Hanley on events across Ireland in the long hot summer of 1935. July 1935: ‘Remember Belfast – Boycott the Orangemen!’ theirishstory.com/2013/01/07/jul…

Thanks The Irish Times and mary minihan delighted to see my article on ‘Saoirse’ in today’s paper. Spreading the word on the story of an epic Irish voyage & the first boat to carry the Tricolour around the world, 100 years ago!⚓️⛵️🗺️

Brian O 'Looney (1828–1901) of Grove Villa House, Crumlin. Scholar, poet and Gaelic revivalist by Peter Daly at Walkinstown Library on Wednesday 13 August at 6.30pm