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Revolutionary Remembrance: The Irish Times’ “Commemorating 1916”

Posted on Jan 26, 2015 by NFB

Under my radar up to now, but the Irish Times, in an established section on the centenary decade, has a bunch of interesting articles on the topic of “Commemorating 1916” from a variety of commentators. Some of them are good, … Continue reading →

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Guerilla Days In Ireland (The Play)

Posted on Sep 6, 2012 by NFB

Director Neil Pearson has come up with a compelling enough adaptation of Tom Barry’s biography for the stage. The story of Barry, a British soldier turned flying column leader during the Irish War of Independence, the men he led and … Continue reading →

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The RAND COIN Scorecard And The Irish War Of Independence

Posted on Apr 11, 2012 by NFB

The RAND think tank, last year, came up with a “scorecard” method of reviewing counter-insurgency campaigns. The scorecard ranks a COIN campaign in terms of “good” and “bad” practices that take place by the actual COIN force and the insurgents … Continue reading →

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Defining the Irish Revolutionary Period

Posted on Mar 29, 2012 by NFB

Those who read this blog will often hear me talk about the “Irish revolutionary period”. As is typical, I often write those words without actually explaining what they are, ignorant of readers outside of Ireland who may not quite know … Continue reading →

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