-
Join 387 other subscribers.
Never Felt Better
-
Recent Posts
Top Posts
- The Lord Of The Rings, Chapter By Chapter: Index
- Ireland's Wars: Index
- The Hobbit, Chapter-By-Chapter: Index
- The Lord Of The Rings, Chapter By Chapter: Flotsam And Jetsam
- Review: Pacific Rim
- The Hobbit, Chapter-By-Chapter: A Thief In The Night
- The Hobbit, Chapter-By-Chapter: Roast Mutton
- Perfect Scenes: Dunkirk
- The Lord Of The Rings, Chapter By Chapter: The Shadow Of The Past
- The Lord Of The Rings, Chapter By Chapter: Farewell To Lorien
2023 Current Film Top Ten
Categories
- 30 For 30 (1)
- Afghanistan (27)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (23)
- Batman (23)
- Battlestar Galactica (103)
- Better Know A Micro-Party (14)
- Books (147)
- Children's Rights Referendum (5)
- Clusterf**k To The Aras (32)
- Comic Book TV (6)
- Constitutional Convention (8)
- Counter Insurgency (COIN) (33)
- English Premiership (38)
- Fiction (123)
- Firefly (82)
- Fiscal Compact Referendum (10)
- Football (All) (336)
- Euro 2012 (31)
- Football 10/11 (84)
- Football 11/12 (90)
- Sportsball (World Cup 2010) (31)
- Gaming (9)
- General Election 2011 (68)
- General Election 2016 (42)
- General Election 2020 (33)
- Harry Potter (8)
- History (687)
- Humour (6)
- In Detail (20)
- Iraq (18)
- Ireland (992)
- Ireland's Wars (525)
- Irish Defence Forces (35)
- It Is Not War (7)
- League of Ireland (75)
- Libya (19)
- Limerick (98)
- Middle East (52)
- Never Felt Better (31)
- NFB Reading List (13)
- NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World (33)
- Number Ones (26)
- Perfect Scenes (5)
- Politics (418)
- Presidential Election 2011 (32)
- Presidential Election 2018 (8)
- Quick Reviews (2)
- Religion (16)
- Reviews (1,105)
- Revolutionary Remembrance (43)
- Same-Sex Marriage Referendum (23)
- Seanad Referendum (1)
- Sport (341)
- Stupidest Thing (16)
- The Finals (1)
- The Hobbit (19)
- The Lord of the Rings (83)
- To Ourselves (22)
- TV/Movies (929)
- Uncategorized (96)
- Villain Checklist (14)
- War (730)
- Why History? (6)
- World Cup 2014 (27)
- Wrestling (100)
- Xtranormal Videos (4)
Archives
Blogroll
Blog Stats
- 906,989 hits
Tag Archives: daly
Ireland’s Wars: Ballyseedy And The March Massacres
Civil wars tend to have a particularly brutal edge to them. That’s something I believe that I have talked about before in the context of conflicts fought in other places, but it was true in Ireland as well. The somewhat … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1923, anti-Treaty, ballyseedy, daly, dublin guard, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish free state, irish revolutionary period, kerry, national army, pro-Treaty, republicans, war
2 Comments
Ireland’s Wars: 1923 In Kerry
The Irish Civil War, in 1923, was drawing to a close. The IRA’s ability to maintain its guerrilla struggle was being suppressed all over the country, and only in a few select areas could it be said that it was … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1923, anti-Treaty, daly, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish free state, irish revolutionary period, kerry, lynch, national army, pro-Treaty, republicans, war
4 Comments
Ireland’s Wars: The Anti-Treaty Offensive In Kerry
When Cork City fell to advancing pro-Treaty forces on the 10th August, hopes would have been high that the Civil War was essentially over. In that strictly conventional sense, the anti-Treaty side had suffered total defeat, their armies repulsed in … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, daly, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, kerry, lynch, national army, pro-Treaty, provisional government, republicans, war
4 Comments
Ireland’s Wars: The Coastal Landings And The Kerry Campaign
The naval dimension of military operations had never been an enormous part of the Irish War of Independence. Sure, the Royal Navy ferried troops between Britain and Ireland, but the service was largely a side player in the events that … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, daly, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, kerry, national army, pro-Treaty, provisional government, republican, war, westport
12 Comments
Ireland’s Wars: The Donegal Campaign
Having looked at the beginnings of the Irish Civil War in Dublin and in its surrounding areas to the south and north, in this entry I want to commence a look at what Michael Hopkinson dubbed “the war in the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, daly, executive, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, national army, pro-Treaty, prrovisional government, sweeney, war
7 Comments
Ireland’s Wars: The Assault On The Four Courts
Whatever about the question on when we should exactly date the beginning of the Irish Civil War, the generally accepted time and date is the early hours of the 28th June 1922, when the anti-Treaty garrison holding the Four Courts … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1922, anti-Treaty, collins, daly, dublin, history, ira, ireland, irish civil war, irish revolutionary period, national army, o'malley, pro-Treaty, provisional government, traynor, war
19 Comments
Review: Black ’47
Black ‘47 Trailer Any regular reader of this site knows that I loves me some Irish history, and while the Great Famine is not something I have ever dedicated an exceptional amount of time too – save for this part … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, TV/Movies
Tagged black '47, daly, film, frecheville, movies, review, weaving
Leave a comment
Never Felt Better 