About The Author

Dr Matt Treacy

Author and Commentator. Matt has published a number of books including histories of the republican movement and of the Communist Party of Ireland.

He is currently working on a number of other books; His latest one is a novel entitled Houses of Pain. It is based on real events in the Dublin underworld. Houses of Pain is published by MTP and is currently available on line as paperback and kindle while book shops remain closed.

Author: Dr Matt Treacy

Why I left the Left: Hamish Fraser and the decline of the Communist Party of Great Britain

Posted by Dr Matt Treacy | May 20, 2020 | Why I left the Left

The Scottish shipyards and mines were one of the few places in Britain where the Communist Party...

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The virus will deny the Dubs a six-in-a-row – 100 years after the GAA championship was previously postponed

Posted by Dr Matt Treacy | May 18, 2020 | Comment Ireland, Lifestyle Sport

The fates have clearly conspired to deny Dublin a six-in-a-row. Or have they? Perhaps our focus...

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The rescue at Knocklong: How the IRA freed Seán Hogan in a shoot-out at Knocklong station

Posted by Dr Matt Treacy | May 15, 2020 | Culture

In the opening volley of the War of Independence in 1919, the Third Tipperary Brigade under...

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A doctor examines the way we die now, and asks if medicine can be cured

Posted by Dr Matt Treacy | May 14, 2020 | Comment Ireland

Dr Séamus O’Mahony has emerged as one of the most coherent critics of the role of modern...

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“The working man without bread has no choice”: The Cardinal who supported social justice and worker’s rights

Posted by Dr Matt Treacy | May 12, 2020 | Comment Ireland

Cardinal Henry Edward Manning was a convert from the Anglican church to Catholicism and was...

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