Tomorrow with Bayonets Derek Molyneux in conversation with Donal Fallon

In Partnership with RDS Library & Archives

  • Saturday 09th November @ 3:00 pm
  • RDS Library & Archives, Ballsbridge
  • 5. Booking required

Tomorrow with Bayonets: Dublin: July 1921 – July 1922 (Mercier) by Darren Kelly and Derek Molyneux brings the raw intensity of the Irish Civil War to life in this gripping, fast-paced journey through a year of change and conflict; offering a visceral portrayal of a nation grappling with its identity and sovereignty, seen through the eyes of combatants, leaders, and civilians caught in the crossfire. Join Derek Molyneux in conversation with historian Donal Fallon.

 

 

Derek Molyneux and Darren Kelly are the co-authors of the most hard-hitting and comprehensively detailed series of books on Ireland’s revolutionary years. Their widely acclaimed portfolio includes: When the Clock Struck in 1916 – Close Quarter Combat in the Easter Rising; Those of Us Who Must Die – Execution, Exile and Revival After the Easter Rising; Killing at its Very Extreme, Dublin: October 1917 – November 1920; Someone Has to Die for This, Dublin: November 1920 – July 1921, and Tomorrow With Bayonets, Dublin: 11 July 1921 – July 1922. Lifelong friends and with a unique delivery style, they have also contributed to the Irish Times and History Ireland. Derek, an expert in Irish revolutionary and international military history, often appears domestically on radio panels and interviews, and internationally on podcasts. Darren, similarly proficient in military history and a full-time author/historian, lives in Essex, England. Together, they manage the popular Facebook page: ‘Dublin 1916 – 1923 Then and Now,’ which boasts over 13,000 followers.

 

Donal Fallon is a historian and the presenter of the Three Castles Burning podcast. He is currently working as Social Historian to Dublin City Council Culture Company.