"IRA: The Bombs and the Bullets," by A. R. Oppenheimer, is a history of the long war fought by Irish insurgent groups; it has some vital lessons for the current conflicts. In particular ...

LONDON -- Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who made history as his country's first gay and first biracial leader, announced Wednesday that he is stepping down for reasons that he said were both ...

The conservatives, who in the old days called upon London for "strong government" continued to demand that panacea, but their appeals were now addressed to the Irish Provisional Government, while the ...

The invading Spanish commander Juan del Águila, the English general Charles Blount and the Irish insurgent chieftain Hugh O'Neill had little in common. But in one vital respect they were similar.

Like many of the Protestant radicals, he joined the irish Volunteers after 1778 ... In particular the humiliation of the insurgent's wife by 'being tossed on the blanket in the Square' gives ...