Curran Affairs – Frank McNally on the extraordinary friends (and relatives) of CP Curran
An Irishman’s Diary
An Irishman’s Diary
Michael Collins’s typists, Arthur Griffith’s secretary and a Sinn Féin press officer
Culloden Estate to host Holywood International Art and Sculpture Art Fair in June
When the long-established RIC proved not up to the task of crushing the IRA, the British government made the fateful and fatal decision to draft in the Black and Tans and Auxiliaries
RIC and DMP were tasked with opposing IRA in War of Independence
Victor Mee auction will include signed books by the Nobel prize-winning author
The landmark Dublin cafe has launched a guided tour to show off its artistic glories
Tens of thousands take part in anti-abortion march and demonstration in Dublin city centre
Brother Allen’s vast collection of 13,000 historic objects to be made available
Several counties marking 150th anniversary of the rebellion against British rule
Éamonn Ceannt and Grace Plunkett wrote to governor of Kilmainham Gaol after Rising
Millions of historical birth, marriage and death documents are now available online
Future presidents and Proclamation signatories among Gaelic League Oireachtas 1913
The only surviving child of an executed rebel leader was honoured at the Dublin service
Edward Laurence Keegan, an advertising clerk, was shot while fighting in the Rising
To ignore a certain category in Glasnevin would be to ignore fellow countrymen
‘It is my hope and intention to lead a republic where our society is indeed united’
The new Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising exhibition at Collins Barracks
Proclamation Day gives students the opportunity to reflect on and reimagine what it means to be Irish in 2016
The republican leader’s experimental Dublin school struggled with debt – and with irate neighbours
The youngest of the Proclamation signatories married his fiancee, Grace Gifford, in his prison cell the night before he was executed
As Trinity College became a barracks, fire wiped out the east side of O’Connell Street
1916/2016: a miscellany
President Michael D Higgins praises collection of 245 interviews given to the Republic
‘My dearest wife Áine,’ began Éamonn Ceannt’s final letter, which he wrote in Kilmainham Gaol the night before his execution
Some 240 Easter Rising relatives interviewed for oral history project
Military Pensions Archive publishes list of all those who were involved in Easter Week
Joint initiative between TCD, Maynooth and the Digital Repository of Ireland has gathered more than 1,800 letters to date
Oration at the grave of O’Donovan Rossa in 1915 was filmed for posterity
Huge response from readers about family members histories
Original image of Gaelic League gathering in Galway found in Dublin attic
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices