Ireland’s Wars: Index

In honour of the 25th entry in this series, I figured I’d give it its own index page. Enjoy.

Beginnings

1. The Mythic Conflicts Of The Fomorians, Tuatha De Danann And Milesians

The earliest recorded wars on the island were probably myths, but even myths can have a kernal of truth.

2. The Return Of Tuathal Techtmar

Ireland’s “Return of the King”, but more interesting for the implication of Roman involvement.

3. The High Point of Dal Riata

The Gaelic Kingdom set up in Scotland, one of the only times such a foreign adventure occured.

4. The First Viking Age

The initial Norse incursions in Ireland, from 795 to 902 AD.

5. The Second Viking Age

The period of settled Norse lands in Ireland, from 914 to 980 AD.

6. Brian Boru And The Road To Clontarf

The life and times of one of Ireland’s most legendary figures.

7. The Sieges of Dun Beal Gallimhe

The origins of one the country’s great cities and why it drew so much military attention.

The Norman Conquest

8. The Norman Foot In The Door

The initial Anglo-Norman incursions and why they happened.

9. Strongbow Arrives

The Normans cement their position, though war and marraige.

– Strongbow Holds On

The Normans withstand numerous assaults.

– Henry II’s Expansion

The King comes to Ireland.

-Windsor Ignored

Agreements are disregarded.

-De Lacy And John

The new Lord of Ireland arrives.

-Castles And Crusades

Ireland and the Holy Land.

-Anarchy Under John

Things in Ireland start falling apart.

-John’s Second Visit

The King pops in again.

10. The Battle Of The Curragh

Norman intrigue spreads to Ireland.

The Lordship Of Ireland

11. Druim-Dearg And Stalemate

The natives and the invaders, unable to beat the other.

12. Edward Bruce And The Scottish Invasion

The wars of northern Britain spread to Ireland.

13. The Killing Fields Of Athenry

The Irish repulsed in Galway.

14. The End Of The Bruce Campaign

The Scots are defeated, though the price is high.

15. Dysert O’Dea And The Native Resurgence

The Irish strike back, as the Normans retreat.

16. The De Burgh Fracture

The Anglo-Norman lands in Ulster and the west are lost.

17. Prince Lionel And The Statutes Of Kilkenny

What could not be done in war, they tried to do with law.

18. Richard And Art

The King of England comes to Ireland.

19. How Art MacMurragh Brought Down The English Monarchy

The King of Leinster shakes the foundations of England.

20. The House Of Lancaster In Power

A new family and a new approach.

21. The Rise Of York

Ireland as a staging area for the White Rose.

22. Roses At Piltown

The Wars of the Roses comes to Ireland.

23. The Earl Of Kildare And The Simnel Conspiracy

The peasent pretender and the Irish noble behind him.

24. Knockdoe, The All-Ireland Battle

The provinces clash in Galway.

25. Surrey And The Inevitable Solution

The Tudors start taking more of an interest.

26. A Bloody Night At Knockavoe

The risky attack that saved Tyrconnell.

Rebellions

27. The Fuse Of The 1520’s

A final countdown to a bloody end.

28. The Silken Rebellion

The bloody end with a well dressed leader.

29. The Siege Of Maynooth

The decider for Silken Thomas.

30. The Failure Of The Geraldine League

The last gasp of the old way of things.

31. The First Plantation

The failed settlement in Laois and Offaly.

32. Shane O’Neill And Red Sagums

Tyrone against the world.

33. Desmond And Ormond At Affane

One of the last private battles in Ireland.

34. The End Of Shane O’Neill

Enemies on all sides does not tend to lead to good places.

35. The First Desmond Rebellion

James Fitzmaurice leads Desmond against Henry Sidney.

36. The Battle Of Shrule And Edward Fitton In Connacht

War in the Tudor frontier.

37. The Second Desmond Rebellion Begins

The return (and demise) of James Fitzmaurice.

38. The Siege Of Carrigafoyle

The fall of one of the Desmond’s key defensive points.

39. The Battle Of Glenmalure

The O’Byrne’s inflict a total defeat on the English.

40. Smerwick And The End Of The Desmond Rebellion

A massacre in Kerry and a final defeat.

41. Bingham At Ardnaree

A war provoked and ended.

42. The Spanish Armada

The end of the periods great fleet.

The Nine Years War

43. The Start Of The Nine Years War

The beginning of the islands most destructive conflict.

44. O’Neill’s Declaration And Clontibret

Tyrone jumps in on the side of Tyrconnell.

45. The Four Fronts From 1595 To 1597

The Nine Years War ebbs and flows for both sides.

46. The Yellow Ford

England’s worst defeat thus far.

47. Munster Rises For Hugh O’Neill

The Nine Years War spreads south.

48. Essex’s Munster Campaign

Another English failure.

-Essex’s Downfall

And another.

49. The Curlew Pass

Conyers Clifford defeated.

50. George Carew And The End In Munster

The turning point for the English.

51. The Lough Foyle Landings

Tyrconnell invaded.

52. The Moyry Pass

A bizarre battle.

53. The Campaigns And Winter March of 1601

The road to Kinsale.

-The Siege Of Kinsale

Setting the stage.

54. The Battle Of Kinsale

The critical battle of the Nine Years War.

-The Siege Of Dunboy

All onto the Beara.

55. O’Sullivan’s March

A vicious crossing of Ireland.

56. The End In Tyrconnell

The O’Donnell’s bow out.

-The End In Tyrone

Tightening the noose.

57. Mellifont

The Nine Years War finishes.

-The Flight Of The Earls

Cheerio

58. A Summary Of The Nine Years War

What it says on the tin.

59. COIN In The Nine Years War

This too.

60. The Rebellion Of Cahir O’Doherty

One big success, then nothing but failure.

61. Mountjoy’s Peace

Thirty years of it.

62. The Sack Of Baltimore

Islam comes to Ireland.

The Eleven Year Wars – The Confederate War

63. The Road To The Irish Confederate Wars

The peace ends.

64. The Bloodshed Of 1641

The storm breaks.

65. The First Confederate Victory And Defeat

Success and failure outside Drogheda.

66. Monro’s Arrival And Kilrush

Things get worse for the Confederates.

67. The 1642 Siege Of Limerick

The war in Munster.

68. Glenmaquin

Another Irish defeat.

69. The War In Galway

A stalemate in the City of the Tribes.

70. Liscarroll

Barry goes from success to spectacular failure.

71. Owen Roe, Preston And Confederate Ireland Born

The rebels get commanders, and a system.

72. Galway Secured

The Confederates take the west.

73. New Ross (1643)

Preston takes the field.

74. Charlemont, Clones And Portlester

Owen Roe’s first campaign.

75. Fermoy Ford

Finally, a Confederate victory.

76. Monro Takes Command In Ulster

The Scots become dominant in the north.

77. The Ulster Expedition of 1644

Castlehaven’s failed offensive.

78. MacColla And Montrose In Scotland

The Irish cross the sea.

79. The Siege Of Duncannon (1645)

Preston comes back.

80. Inverlochy And The Irish.

The Irish advance in Scotland.

81. Castlehaven Reduces Munster

The Confederates assault Inchiquin.

82. The “Siege” Of Youghal

Castlehaven’s meek ending to the Munster campaign.

83. The Irish And The “Annus Mirabilis”

MacColla and Montrose achieve their zenith.

84. Rinuccini, Glamorgan And Coote In Sligo

The Papacy gets involved.

85. Philiphaugh And The End Of The Irish In Scotland

Montrose defeated.

86. Spring 1646

A prelude to decision.

87. Benburb

Decision.

88. Bunratty And Roscommon

The Confederate victories continue.

89. Rinuccini’s Coup

The Nuncio takes control.

90. The Dublin Campaign Of 1646

The Nuncio loses his grip.

91. Parliament In Retreat, Royalists On The Rise

A shift in factions.

92. Dungan’s Hill

The end of the Leinster Army.

93. Inchiquin’s Advance And The Sack Of Cashel

Changes in Munster.

94. Knocknanuss

The end of Taafe’s army.

95. The Five Factions in 1648

Things get complicated.

96. The Confederate Strife And The End Of Monro

Factions torn apart.

97. Early Departures In 1649

A few players leave the stage.

98. The 1649 Siege Of Londonderry

Parliamentarians hard pressed in the north.

99. The Royalist Summer Offensive Of 1649

Ormonde marches on Dublin.

100. Rathmines

A terrible blow outside Dublin.

The Eleven Year Wars – The Cromwellian Conquest

101. Death At Drogheda

Cromwell marks his arrival.

102. The Sack Of Wexford

Cromwell continues as he means to go on.

103. The Fall Of Ulster And O’Neill

Things collapse in the north.

104. New Ross, Arklow And Duncannon (1649)

The Waterford campaign begins.

105. Carrick-on-Suir And Waterford

The Waterford campaign ends.

106. War Aims And Plans In 1650

Both sides take stock.

107. Cromwell’s Winter Offensive

The Parliamentarians role on.

108. The Siege Of Kilkenny

The Confederate capital falls.

109. Clonmel

Cromwell suffers in Tipperary.

110. Scarrifholis

The Ulster Army destroyed.

111. The Siege/Battle Of Tecroghan

Clanrickarde sallies out.

112. The Fall Of Waterford

A few months on, no more mistakes.

113. The Siege Of Charlemont

The end in Ulster.

114. The Bishops Coup

The Royalists in disarray.

115. Ireton’s Autumn Offensive

The first attack on the Shannon.

116. Meelick Island

The end of the Connacht Army.

117. A Leadership Change, Foreign Negotiations And Aims For The New Year

1650 comes to a close.

118. Ireton’s New Plan And The Fall Of Athlone

The second attack on the Shannon.

119. Ireton Crosses The Shannon

The last line breached.

120. Knocknaclashy

The effort to save Limerick.

121. The 1651 Siege Of Limerick

The endgame in progress.

122. The Fall Of Galway

The end of the conventional war.

123. The Tory Struggle

The guerilla war intensifies.

124. Devastation And Surrenders

The end of the larger conflict.

125. The Protectorate And Resistance

The struggle continues.

126. The Restoration Coups

The return of the King.

127. A Summary Of The Eleven Year Wars

Finishing things up.

128. Thomas Blood

First stop off in the inter-war period.

129. The Popish Plot

Anti-Catholic hysteria hits Ireland

The War Of The Two Kings

130. The Glorious Revolution

The road to a new war.

131. Apprentice Boys And Closing Gates

Some hard truths and obvious myths.

132. The First Jacobite Campaign

The Catholics march north.

133. Robert Lundy

Traitor or incompetent?

134. The 1689 Siege Of Londonderry

The war comes to a head.

135. The Relief Of Londonderry

Kirke to the rescue, eventually.

136. Enniskilliners

The war heats up to the south.

137. Bantry Bay

French and English navies clash off Cork.

138. Newtownbutler

The Williamites take the advantage.

139. Schomburg’s Campaign

The Williamites try for a knock-out blow.

140. Sarsfield At Sligo

The war continues in the west.

141. Cavan And Charlemont, 1690

The border war continues.

142. William’s Arrival

The road to the Boyne.

143. The Boyne

A day of days.

144. James’ Flight And The 1690 Siege Of Athlone

Jacobite failure and success.

145. The Williamite Advance

William’s unstoppable march.

146. Sarsfield’s Ride

The Jacobites strike back.

147. The 1690 Siege Of Limerick

A very important last stand.

148. Marlborough At Cork

John Churchill comes to Ireland.

149. Marlborough At Kinsale

Churchill keeps going.

150. Winter Operations And Aims In 1691

Deep breaths before storms.

151. Ginkel Attacks The Shannon

Things hang in the balance.

152. The Fall Of Athlone

The balance shifts.

153. Aughrim

The decisive battle.

154. The Jacobite Collapse

Falling back.

155. The 1691 Siege Of Limerick

The last fight.

156. Wild Geese And Broken Treaties

The end of Ireland’s bloody century.

157. A Summary Of The War Of The Two Kings

Looking back.

Wild Geese And the 18th Century

158: The Long Peace Of The 18th Century

The 1700’s begin.

159: The Early Days Of The Irish Brigade

The Irish fighting for Louis XIV.

160. The Irish Brigade Of Spain

The Irish fighting for Madrid.

161. The Jacobite “Fifteen” And “Nineteen”

The Stuarts try again.

162. The Irish At Fontenoy

The Irish Brigade saves the day.

163: The Jacobite ’45

The Stuarts try again again.

164. The ’45 Collapses

The invasion south goes wrong.

165. Culloden

The end of the ’45.

166. The Irish In The Seven Years War

France and Britain go at it again.

167. The French At Carrickfergus

A very brief invasion.

168. The Royal Irish Regiment

Green in red coats.

169. The American Revolution

The Irish in arms cross the Atlantic.

170. Whiteboys And Hearts Of Oak

Meanwhile, back in Ireland…

171. Peep O’ Day Boys, Defenders And The Diamond

Sectarian troubles escalate.

172. The Volunteers

Militia groups get political.

173. The End Of The French Irish Brigade

“Toutes les bonnes choses ont une fin”

174. The Irish Against Napoleon

Forty shillings on the drum, etc.

175. Napoleon’s Irish Legion

Vive L’emperor

176. Waterloo

I was defeated, you won the war…

1798

177. The United Irishmen

A new rebellion in the works.

178. The Expedition d’Irelande

The French try Bantry Bay again.

179. The Road To 1798

Things begin to fall apart.

180. Informers, Generals And Triangles

The British bite back.

181. The Last Days Before Rebellion

Going for broke, in the face of certain destruction.

182. May 24th

The rebellion begins.

183. The Rebellion Spreads

Like a wildfire.

184. Wexford Rises

From small beginnings…

185. Tara Hill

The end in Meath.

186. The Fall Of Enniscorthy

The fire spreads.

187. The Pushback In Kildare

Surrenders and slaughters.

188. The Republic Of Wexford

The rebel zenith.

189. Antrim

The North rises.

190. New Ross

Disaster in the south-east.

191. The Attack On Arklow

Things turn against the rebels.

192. Ballynahinch And The End In Ulster

The North sits back down.

193. The View From London

Pitt decides what to do next.

194. Ovidstown And Foulksmills

Mopping up.

195. Vinegar Hill

The Wexford Republic crushed.

196. Leaving Wexford

The last gasp.

197. Clonard And The End

It was good while it lasted.

198. The Year Of The French

Humbert starts things up again.

199. The Races Of Castlebar

“Run away! Run away!”

200. Ballinamuck

The end on land.

201. Tory Island

The end at sea.

202. Guerrilla Days After 1798

Things stumble onward.

203. Robert Emmet’s Riot

The last gasp.

204. The Australian Vinegar Hill

Another end, far away.

205. A Summary Of The 1798 Rebellion

Looking back.

The Long 19th Century – Beginnings

206. Ribbonmen

An interim begins.

207. John Devereux’s Irish Legion

Incompetence in the New World.

208. Emancipation And Tithes

The wheel keeps turning.

209. Mercenaries In Brazil

More incompetence in the New World.

210. The Tithe War

Catholic resistance intensifies.

211. The Monster Meetings

O’Connell’s zenith.

212. Young Irelanders And Great Famines

Things get in the way.

213. The Young Irelander Rebellion

Sort of.

214. Dolly’s Brae

Marching and massacres.

215. St Patrick’s Battalion

One man’s hero…

216. The Crimea

Their’s not to reason why, etc.

The Long 19th Century – 1867 And After

217. Fenians

Here we go again.

218. For The Union

Mine eyes have seen the glory…

219. For The Confederacy

I wish I was in Dixie…

220. The Fenians Prepare

I’m sure this will turn out flawlessly.

221. The 1867 Rebellion

It didn’t.

222. 1867 In Britain

It continues to not turn out flawlessly.

223. The First Fenian Raid

The American’s turn.

224. The Battle Of Ridgeway

A Fenian success story.

225. Fort Erie

Two successes!

226. The Pigeon Hill Raid

And a failure.

227. Eccles Hill And Trout River

And a few more failures.

228. The Last Raid On Canada

One last failure.

229. The Catalpa Rescue

Enter Clan na Gael.

The Long 19th Century – Politics And Murder

230. A New Departure

Home Rule steps it up.

231. The Land War

About time for more agrarian violence.

232. The Phoenix Park Murders

Assassination.

233. The Dynamite Campaign

Kaboom.

234. The Fenian Ram

I like to be, under the sea…

235. The Plan Of Campaign And Parnell’s Fall

The Land War trundles on.

236. The Royal Irish Regiment In The 19th Century

Welcome back!

237. The Indian Revolt

Hail Britannia.

238. The Childers Reforms

Well, I find it fascinating anyway.

The Long 19th Century – The Boer War

239. The Road To The Boer War

It’ll be over by Christmas.

240. The Boer Invasion

It won’t be over by Christmas.

241. Black Week

It definitely won’t be over by Christmas.

242. The Tugela Heights

Let’s try this again shall we?

243. Reddersburg

Guerilla’s in the mist.

244. The Yeomanry At Lindley

The Irish Hunt in South Africa.

245. The End Of The Boer War

Not terribly exciting.

246. The Irish Commandos

It was Ireland’s war too.

247. The Boer War In Ireland

Riots and elections.

The Long 19th Century – The Volunteer Crisis

248. The Gaelic Revival And The IRB

League’s, the GAA and the “Organisation”.

249. Home Rule And Volunteers

Things heat up over self-government.

250. The 1913 Lockout And The Irish Citizen Army

Workers rights and workers militias.

251. The Curragh Mutiny

The Army isn’t interested in Home Rule.

252. Gun-Runnings

Larne and Howth.

253. Redmond’s Volunteer Takeover

“All mine, muhahahaha”

254. The Civil War That Wasn’t

It really wasn’t.

The First World War

255. The First World War Begins

“It’s a long way to Tipperary, it’s a long way to go…”

256. Mons

And we’re off.

257. The Great Retreat

Going backwards.

258. To The Trenches

Going downwards.

259. Second Ypres, Second Artois

Going nowhere.

260. The Gallipoli Landings

And the band played Waltzing Matilda…

261. The Gallipoli Debacle 

Not so sick.

262. Loos

And again.

263. The Lusitania

Viable or no.

264. The Macedonian Front And Kosturino

Where it all started.

265. Mesopotamia And The Siege Of Kut

The eastern front of the eastern front.

266. Prelude To The Somme

The big push.

267. 1st July 1916

That ghastly word.

268. The Somme Continues

And why not?

269. Guillemont And Ginchy

Expanding the gains.

270. The End Of The Somme

Well, it had to.

271. Yenikoi

Meanwhile…

272. The End Of The Mesopotamian Campaign

The sideshow of the sideshow ends.

273. Arras

1917 and all that.

274. Messines

Taking the ridge.

275. Third Ypres And Langemarck

Into the mud.

276. Taking Passchendaele

Out of the mud, kinda.

277. Cambrai

Tanks, tanks, tanks, tanks

278. Into The Holy Land

The New Crusaders

279. Action At Tell’Asur

The 10th keeps going.

280. Awaiting Kaiserschlacht

Tick tock

281. Operation Michael

All in.

282. The Last Fight Of The 16th

The next great retreat.

283. The End In The Holy Land

One more front.

284. The End Of The Spring Offensive

All washed up.

285. The Hundred Days

No, the other one.

286. The 69th On The Western Front

Here come the Yanks.

287. Breaking The Hindenburg Line

Almost there.

288. 11th November 1918

The end.

-Some Last Words On The First World War

Summing things up.

The Irish Revolutionary Period – The Easter Rising

289. On The Road To 1916

And we’re off.

290. The 1916 Plan

There was one. Kind of.

291. Casement And Plunkett In Germany

The original odd couple!

292. Casement’s Irish Legion

What, another one?

293. The Volunteer Schism

Pearse and MacNeill, getting closer to the end.

294. The Voyage Of The Aud

It goes real well.

295. The Last Weekend Before The Rising

3, 2, 1…

296. The Proclamation Of The Irish Republic As A Military Document

Irishmen and Irishwomen…

297. The Magazine Fort And City Hall

Kaboom, kinda.

298. Mount Street Bridge

Pyrrhic.

299. Boland’s Mill

Dev’s hour.

300. Jacob’s Biscuit Factory

Insert Spartan reference here.

301. St Stephen’s Green

Not quite the western front.

302. South Dublin Union

Jeez Cathal…

303. The 1st Battalion’s Rising

From Liffey to Cabra

304. Sackville Street

The HQ

305. Moore Street And Surrender

The end.

306. The British Experience In The Easter Rising

They were there too.

307. The 5th Battalion And Ashbourne

Ashebourne.

308. The Rising In Leinster

East.

309. The Rising In Munster

South.

310: The Rising In Connacht

West.

311. The Rising In Ulster

North.

312: Executions And The Changed Rising

Now and in time to be.

313. A Summary Of The Easter Rising

Looking back.

The Irish Revolutionary Period – The War Of Independence

314. Frongoch

A college of insurrection.

315. The Rise Of Sinn Fein

Changing things up.

316. Conscription

I don’t wanna.

317. German Plots

Real or otherwise.

318. The 1918 Election

A sea change.

319. The Irish Republican Army

They’ll be here for a while.

320. 21st January 1919 – The First Dail

Politics.

321. 21st January 1919 – Soloheadbeg

Guns.

322.  The Paris Peace Conference

Recognition deferred.

323. The Limerick Soviet

No, not that kind.

324. Rescue At Knocklong

That was quick.

325. The Squad

Riddlin.

326. The Revolutionary State

Courts, loans and Police.

327. The Rathclarin Ambush

Taking on the military.

328. Ambush And Reprisal In Ennistymon

Every action, etc.

329. The Sack Of Fermoy

Things get ugly.

330. The Ashtown Ambush

Taking on French.

331. Other Actions Of 1919

And the rest.

332. British Reactions In 1919

Or non-reactions as the case may be.

333. The Black And Tans

Come out and fight, etc.

334. The Carrigtwohill Barracks Attack

The real beginning?

335. De Valera In America

A very different kind of war.

336. The Ballytrain Barracks Attack

Enter Monaghan.

337. Timoleague And Mount Pleasant

An IRA failure.

338. The Ward’s Hotel Ambush

Ding, ding.

339. The Murder Of Tomas Mac Curtain

Whodunnit?

340. Hunger Strikes

Starving for Ireland.

341. The Squad In Spring 1920

Bang, bang.

342. The Ballinspittal Ambush

The Crean Brothers

343. The Ballylanders Barracks Attack

Back to Limerick.

344. British Counter-Moves In 1920

Fighting back, kind of.

345. Flying Columns

What an origin story.

346. 1920 In Derry

Riot, riot, riot.

347. Charlie Hurley And The Ahawadda Ambush

Ahwadda ya mean?

348. The Kilmallock Barracks Attack

1867 all over again.

349. The Listowel Mutiny

Down with this sort of thing.

350. The Kidnapping Of General Lucas

Generalnapping.

351. The Connacht Rangers Mutiny

Over in India.

352. July 1920

Summertime.

353. 1920 In Belfast

Not the best summer.

354. Conciliation And Coercion

Potato and potato.

355. The Holywell Ambush

Meanwhile, in Mayo.

356. The Aeroplane Ambush

Up, up and away.

357. 21st August 1920

Five ambushes.

358. The Ballinlough Ambush

A British victory.

359. The Sack Of Balbriggan And Kevin Barry

A bad day in Dublin.

360. The Rineen Ambush

A stand-out moment.

361. The Mallow Barracks Raid

A foot in the door.

362. Dublin’s October Shootouts

A prelude.

363. Tom Barry And The Toureen Ambush

Finally got to him.

364. The October 31st Attacks And The Siege Of Tralee

Spooky scary.

365. The 1920 British Counter-Offensive

Into the countryside.

366. Ballinalee

Enter the Blacksmith.

367. The Dublin Intelligence War In 1920

Underground.

368. Bloody Sunday (1920)

The first one.

369. Kilmichael

False or “false”?

370. The Burning Of Cork

Now that’s a reprisal.

371. Monreal and Nine Mile House

Two ambushes, and two stories

372. Other Actions In 1920

And the rest, again.

373. Aims And Objectives In 1921

Taking stock.

374. The Glenwood Ambush

Back to reality.

375. Mrs Lindsay And Cork’s Informant War

In the shadows.

376. Confin And Dromkeen

A quite bloody day.

377. The Clonbanin Ambush And New Structures

Division.

378. Early 1921 In Dublin

Cracks appear.

379. Crossbarry

A real battle.

380. The War Of Independence In Britain

Over the sea.

381. Ulster In 1921

Promising.

382. Shraharla And Lackelly

I’m sure this won’t be a problem long-term.

383. Black Whitsun And The 1921 Elections

Not working.

384. The Custom House

The knock-out blow?

385. Carrowkennedy

The west’s awake, briefly.

386. Bloody Sunday (1921)

The second one.

387. The Castleisland Ambush

Last gasp.

388. The Truce

The end, for now.

389. Other Actions In 1921

And the rest, again, again.

390. A Summary Of The Irish War Of Independence

Looking back.

The Irish Revolutionary Period – The Truce

391. The Road To The Irish Civil War

The bitterest path.

392. The Treaty Negotiations

I say your 2% titanium tax doesn’t go too far enough.

393. The Anglo-Irish Treaty As A Military Document

Just about, anyway.

394. The Treaty Debates From A Military Perspective

The divide.

395. The Split

Government, legislature, army.

396. The Handover And Convention Crisis

Remember Limerick?

397. Collins’ Northern Policy And The Clones Shootout

Looking up.

398. Spring 1922 In Belfast

Could have been better.

399. The Bandon Valley Killings

Sectarian or revenge?

400. Flashpoints And The Four Courts Seizure

Edging closer.

401. The Civil War Deferred In Kilkenny

The opening moves that weren’t.

402. The Northern Offensive

But not really.

403. Belleek And Pettigo

The Triangle Campaign.

404. British Pressure, A Second Split And The 1922 Election

Last straws

405. Henry Wilson And The Final Descent

Here we go.

The Irish Revolutionary Period – The Irish Civil War

406. The Assault On The Four Courts

Opening fire.

407. The Battle For Dublin

Securing the capital.

408. The Blessington Triangle

Not as nice as Bermuda.

409. The Opposing Forces And Initial Strategy Of The Conventional Civil War

Getting started.

410. The Conventional Civil War In Louth

Starting north of Dublin.

411. The Donegal Campaign

Further north.

412. The Conventional Civil War In The West

Moving south-west.

413. The Conventional Civil War In Wexford

Opposite corner.

414: The Conventional Civil War In The Midlands

Moving north-west.

415. The Battle Of Limerick

The decisive moment.

416. The Fall Of Waterford (1922)

Nearly 300 years on.

417. The Advance Into Tipperary

Long way, etc.

418. Kilmallock

The final battle?

419. The Coastal Landings And The Kerry Campaign

Not exactly D-Day.

420. The Plot To Isolate Dublin

Desperate times.

421. Cork’s Fall And The End Of The Conventional Civil War

The end of the beginning.

422. The Guerrilla Civil War Begins

The beginning of the end.

423. Beal Na mBlath

One shot.

424. The Anti-Treaty Offensive In Leinster

Back east.

425. The Anti-Treaty Offensive In Kerry

Back south-west.

426. The Anti-Treaty Offensive In Cork

Heading east.

427. The Anti-Treaty Offensive In The West

To the north.

428. Peace Moves In 1922

Trying hard.

429. Pikes Bridge

Kildare’s Civil War.

430. The National Army’s COIN Campaign

Turning tides.

431. Lawlor’s Sweep

Into the wilds.

432. The Execution Policy

Best remembered.

433. The Civil War On The Railways

Choo choo.

434. Tom Barry’s Anti-Treaty Days

He never made a book of this part.

435. The Civil War In 1923

Turning the corner.

436. 1923 In Kerry

Back to the south-west.

437. Ballyseedy And The March Massacres

Getting worse.

438. The Civil War In Northern Ireland

Back to the other side of the border.

439. Britain And The United States In The Irish Civil War

Across two seas.

440. Lynch’s Death And The End Of The Irish Civil War

The last domino.

441. A Summary Of The Irish Civil War

Looking back, again, again.

442. Final Thoughts On The Irish Revolutionary Period

The end, of this part.

The Irish Free State

443. 1923 After The Civil War

The start of a new era.

444. The Army Mutiny

Disobeying orders.

445. The Boundary Commission

Determining borders.

446. The IRA After The Civil War

Never quite the same.

447. Fianna Fail, The 1927 Elections And The O’Higgins Assassination

A busy year.

448. The 1932 Election

Coup?

449. Fianna Fail And The IRA

Uneasy co-existence.

450. The Economic War

Taxation of trade routes.

451. Fascism In Ireland

Blueshirts.

452. The First Decades For Northern Ireland

Oh, we’ll spend more time there.

453. Bunreacht Na hEireann

We, the people.

454. The League Of Nations

Worked well.

455. The IRA In The Late 1930s

Turning right.

The Spanish Civil War

456. Ireland And The Spanish Civil War

A different Republic.

457. O’Duffy’s Irish Brigade

For Franco.

458. The Irish In The International Brigades

For the Republic.

459. Brunete To The End Of The Spanish Civil War

Bitter ends.

The Second World War

460. The Second World War Begins

And we’re off.

461. The Emergency

Sound the alarm.

462. The S-Plan

The “S” is for “Severely Ill-Thought”

463. The 1939 Coventry Bombing And The End Of The S-Plan

A grim precursor.

464. The Christmas Raid

Tis the season.

465. The Phoney War And The Fall Of France

Back to the Irish regiments.

466. Plan Kathleen And Operation Mainau

From bad to worse.

467. Operation Green

The Germans are coming, maybe.

468. Plan W

Best friends.

469. Irish Neutrality During The Second World War

Let’s try this again.

470. Sean Russell In Germany

Nazi or not?

471. The Rathgar Road Shootout

Who was to blame?

472. “Britain Alone” And 1941

Britain, Malta and North Africa.

473. The Belfast Blitz

From above.

474. German Bombing Of Ireland

From above, again.

475. The Glen Of Imaal Disaster

Tragedy in the Wicklow Mountains.

476. The Second World War In 1942

North Africa and Burma.

477. The IRA Leadership Crisis In 1942

Merry-go-round.

478. Ireland And The Allies

Best friends?

479. The IRA’s “Northern Campaign”

Just what does that word mean?

480. The Second World War In 1943

All around the world.

481. The Long Watch

At sea.

482. The Second World War In 1944

Closing in.

483. U-Boats Off Ireland

Das Boot.

484. The Irish With Germany

Their were a few.

485. The End Of The Second World War

Exeunt.

486. Ireland And The Axis

Best friends…

487. Ireland And The Holocaust

No words.

488. Final Thoughts On The Second World War

Wrapping things up.

Post Second World War

489. The Post-War Years And The Republic Of Ireland

A whole new world.

490. The IRA After The Second World War

Rebuilding.

491. The 1950’s Arms Raids

No good without guns.

492. Saor Uladh

Splits and splits

493. The Border Campaign

Trying again.

494. Sean South And The Brookborough Barracks Raid

And the leader was a Limerick man…

495. The Border Campaign Continues

Ineffective.

496. The End Of The Border Campaign

Another failure.

The Congo And The World Stage

497. The United Nations And The Congo Crisis

Into Africa.

498. Niemba

An awful day.

499. Rumpunch And Morthor

This is a war, huh?

500. The Siege Of Jadotville

We’ve used every bullet…twice.

501. Unokat, Grandslam And The End In The Congo

Petering out.

502. UNFICYP

Sunny Cyprus.

503. Ireland And The Nuclear Threat

We’ll meet again…

The Troubles Begin

504. The O’Neill Era And The Civil Rights Movement

Rocks and hard places.

505. The Ulster Volunteer Force

Escalation.

506. The Battle Of The Bogside

It all kicks off.

507. August 1969 Outside Of Derry

It all really kicks off.

508. Jack Lynch And “Exercise Armageddon”

A very bad idea.

509. The Split (1969)

Separate ways.

510. The Arms Trial

Naughty, naughty.

511. The St Matthews Shoot-Out And The Falls Curfew

Two big moments.

512. 1971 And PIRA’S First Campaign

Things get worse.

513. Bloody Sunday (1972)

Things get way worse.

514. 1972 Campaigns And Ceasefires

Hopes raised and dashed.

515. Operation Motorman

The British repeat themselves.

516. 1973 And The Sunningdale Agreement

This is the best they could so.

517. Sunningdale’s Collapse And The Dublin And Monaghan Bombings

Two deteriorations.

518. PIRA’s 1974 Campaign

Going to Britain.

519. The Mid-70s Ceasefire And The INLA Split

An unsuccessful truce.

520. The Republic In The Late 1970s

Charlie’s hour.

The Troubles Evolve

521. Kingsmill, Hillcrest And The Peace People

One step forward, two steps back.

522. Roy Mason’s New Approach

Short term wins.

523. The Shankill Butchers

Murder.

524. The Beginning Of The Long War

Looking a long way forward.

525. Warrenpoint And Mountbatten

The war’s not done.

526. The 1980s Hunger Strikes

Every weapon available.

527. Hyde Park/Regents Park, Droppin Well And A New Assembly

Staying at zero.

528. Arms Importation In The 1980s

Making new friends.

529. Prison Breaks

Another front.

530. The Brighton Bombing And The Anglo-Irish Agreement

A near miss and a way forward.

531. UNIFIL’s First Twenty Years

Back with the regulars.

532. The 1986 Republican Splits

And again and again and again.

533. The Loughall Ambush And The Remembrance Day Bombing

Strikebacks and own goals.

534. The Cycle Of Violence In 1988

From one to another to worse.

535. Lisburn, Ballygawley And Drumnakilly

The Provisionals keep going.

536. The Republic In The 1980s And The Start Of The Peace Process

A lot of change and a new beginning.

The Troubles In The 1990s

537. The Provisional Campaign In 1990

Still there.

538. Downing Street, Continuing Violence And The First CLMC Truce

The Provisionals get bolder.

539. Billy Wright And The UVF In The Early 1990s

The UVF in a nutshell.

540. UNIIMOG, UNIKOM and UNOSOM

Back to the peacekeepers.

541. Retaliation, The Baltic Exchange And Continuing Talks

1992.

542. The Irish People’s Liberation Organisation

One more schism.

543. 1993

Despair and hope.

544. The Peace Process Opens Up And The Downing Street Declaration

Getting closer.

545. Towards Ceasefires In 1994

Getting closer still.

546: Billy Wright And The UVF In The Mid 1990s

A unionist firebrand meets his end.

547. 1995 And The Precarious Ceasefires

On the knife edge.

548. The End Of The PIRA Ceasefire

Over the edge.

549. Drumcree

Baffling.

550. Political Changes, Ceasefires Resumed And Another Split In 1997

A lot going on.

551. The Good Friday Agreement

Finally.

552. Omagh And The End Of The Troubles

One last horror.

553. A Summary Of The Troubles

Looking back.

The 21st Century

554. UNIFIL In The 21st Century

Again with the regulars.

555. Peacekeeping In The Balkans

A messy job after a messy conflict.

556. East Timor

Enter the Rangers.

557. Liberia

Back to Africa.

558. Northern Ireland In The 2000s

Into the future.

559. Chad

A small few covering a big area.