The Irish at War

Part two of the Kilmichael Ambush breaks down the actual fighting of the ambush in to several parts. Part two looks at phases 1-3 of the fighting detailing how it began, what happened and how the Auxiliaries reacted.

The Kilmichael Ambush was a major victory for the IRA during the War of Independence, they killed 16 members of the Crown Forces &lost three themselves. However, controversy has surrounded Kilmichael ever since 1920 with accusations of a false surrender, brutal murder of Crown Forces and alleged mutilation of corpses. I'll examine the engagement in detail and try to bring what really happened to light.

The Battle of Dublin 1171 was a mismatch of a colossal scale. Rory O'Connor, the High King of Ireland and his army of 30,000 Irish-Norse besiege 2,000 Normans lead by Strongbow in the tiny cramped walls of medieval Dublin.

Intro to the series on the Irish and Ireland at war throughout the last millennium.

A podcast on the Battle of Kinsale in 1601. What happened? Who was involved? Why it turned out the way it did? What the individual soldier experienced. What were the major political consequences of this battle?