The Clock Is Still Going The Men Archives

Nick Tobin – A Murder Mystery? Or a Conspiracy Theory?

Posted on 7th June, 2021

Over the last few years we have tried to tell the story of as many as possible of the men ....

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On Death Row – Michael Watchorn: Battling Darkness

Posted on 29th April, 2021

While Michael was in Mountjoy Jail in 1921 with the shadow of a noose over him, a swirl of thoughts, ....

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Jack Grace – Special Arrival for the Burning’s Centenary

Posted on 19th April, 2021

Jack Grace Like many of his colleagues, Jack Grace was a young man at the time of the attack on the ....

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Paddy Evers (1901-1990) – Volunteer

Posted on 3rd March, 2021

We are delighted to post this article, very kindly contributed by Paddy’s relatives. Family and Early Life Patrick (Paddy) Evers was the ....

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On Death Row – Seán Sliney’s Hard Road

Posted on 17th February, 2021

Seán Sliney was among the Dublin ASU’s “Littlers” captured at the Burning. But his story belies his small physical stature. ....

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Billy Doyle – A Question of Allegiance, 1922

Posted on 10th February, 2021

Smiling and pointing his revolver at the camera outside the Four Courts in 1922, Custom House Man William ‘Billy’ Doyle ....

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“The Water Or The Gun”: My Granduncle’s Liffey Swim – for his Life!

Posted on 3rd February, 2021

One hundred years ago on this date my father’s uncle, Edward Dorins, one of the IRA men later to die ....

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Thomas Bates: The Fighting Fitter from Fingal

Posted on 25th January, 2021

While history may have forgotten Thomas Bates, he was accorded military honours at his funeral 65 years ago. His contribution ....

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No Country For…. Thomas Maguire

Posted on 20th January, 2021

He grew up on a street named after an English county and went on to live and die in another ....

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