Tom Byrne, Author at The History Herald

A Decade of Commemorations in Ireland

2014 marks the centenary of the start of World War I. In Ireland (and Britain) it also marks a century

“The executioner then picked up the severed head and, showing it to those present, cried out: ‘God save Queen Elizabeth!

Just a few hundred yards from the Pantheon in Paris, tourists who wander slightly astray will happen upon a narrow

‘History’s fingers never relax their grip, never leave us unmolested, can touch us even when we would never imagine their