In this extract from Root of All Evil - the book’s title is drawn from Northern Ireland Prime Minister and Ulster Unionist ...

Speaking to Winston Churchill in May 1922, the Northern Ireland prime minister James Craig claimed: “The Boundary Commission is at the root of all evil.” I have chosen Craig’s quote as part ...

The shirt, worn in 1927, is that of the Irish Free State, a predecessor to the FAI, with whom Duggan made five appearances ...

Inspired by the American and French revolutions, the United Irishmen wanted a secular republic that separated church from state. They professed the Enlightenment principles of equality, liberty and ...

The 1926 census was the first of the Irish Free State and the website with the data will go live on April 18, 2026. It will be fully digitised, searchable and freely available online, with the aim ...

During the year 1924 “the whole of the direct sea passenger traffic represented in official returns of movements from and to the Irish Free State was between the Free State and the North ...

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the burgeoning state of Pennsylvania ... support in the United States for Irish nationalist aspirations towards an Ireland free and independent from Britain.

The Fighting Irish squandered a six-goal lead and fell 14-12 to Penn State in the quarterfinals at ... which offers a free trial to potential subscribers.

who was commissioned to create the first coinage for the Irish Free State, which began circulating in the winter of 1928. The hare was part of a broader set of coins, divided into two themes ...