Appeal for funds to save family home of poet Francis Ledwidge
Museum committee warns historic building in Slane may be lost to future generations
‘Why should my German-Irish children feel connected to wars long over?’
After 16 years of living in Germany, I feel at home here but my heart is still partly in Ireland
Mourners bid farewell to ‘beguiling’ critic Eileen Battersby
Grieving daughter Nadia pays tribute to mother and friend ‘inspired by generosity’
St Patrick’s Cathedral hosts event to remember Armistice Day
Long-standing tradition continues under a canopy of memorials to Irish war dead
Relatives visit RMS Leinster sinking site 100 years after tragedy
Torpedoes from German submarine caused the worst loss of life ever on the Irish Sea
Francis Ledwidge manuscript makes £16,250 at Bonhams in London
“Smoke Hignett’s” mirror achieves top price of €3,600 at Victor Mee auction
Auctions & Fairs: Autographed Ledwidge manuscript for auction in London
Jeffrey Archer’s collection of political cartoons include Irish interest
Handwritten version of Francis Ledwidge’s most famous poem set for auction
A Lament for Thomas MacDonagh may originally have been written about Gallipoli
Francis Ledwidge statue to be unveiled in Slane
Meath-born poet and soldier was killed 100 years ago at Battle of Passchendaele
Peadar Lamb ‘gave so much to the country and its people’ – funeral Mass told
Long career on stage and screen recalled at funeral of actor who died aged 87
New memorial for Irish killed in Battle of Passchendaele
Monument placed where nationalists and unionists together in Belgium 100 years ago
Passchendaele dead remembered 100 years after start of horror battle
Francis Ledwidge commemorated in day to mark battle that cost 500,000 casualties
A tribute to ‘peasant poet’ Francis Ledwidge, by Lord Dunsany
Ledwidge’s patron penned a moving tribute to him in ‘The Irish Times’ after his death
Francis Ledwidge has ‘peculiarly contemporary relevance’ in Ireland
Trinity academic calls for greater understanding of poet killed in first World War
Francis Ledwidge: a deeply complex Irishman
His death 100 years ago was a loss to Irish literature and to post-independence Ireland
New stamp marks centenary of the death of Francis Ledwidge
Slane-born poet and soldier was killed on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele
Francis Ledwidge: ‘our dead enigma’
A forgotten blackbird? The legacy of the soldier poet who was killed on July 31st, 1917
Poet Francis Ledwidge commemorated by people of Slane
British soldier died on July 31st, 1917, the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele
When you’re in a hole, Ryan Tubridy, stop digging
Radio Review: The RTÉ host’s interview with Orla Brady turns cringeworthy
One hundred years on, Ireland, Britain and Belgium share Messines commemoration
Standard-bearers struggle to hold up their colours on windswept hillside
Passchendaele: A killing field of mud
The most merciless enemy was the foul mud and with it the stink of wet rotting bodies
Francis Ledwidge: an Irish nationalist in a British army uniform
Poet was one of those civilised citizens of vision who would have contributed to the birth and growth of the new Ireland had they not died before their time
Acts of reconciliation dominate last day of visit by Prince Charles
Royal says Glasnevin cemetery was ‘deeply moving’ and ‘most memorable moment’
Artist’s book of Flanders dead goes on display in Dublin
Val Carmen’s ‘Assembly’ has 1,216 pages and lists those whose died around Ypres in WW1
Poet and painter together rediscover Meath connections
Gerard Smyth and Seán McSweeney’s ‘The Yellow River’ explores their links to county
Destiny and the Republic: Six artists on what Ireland is now
As the centenary draws to an end, now is a good time to visit the Pearse Museum
Tom Kettle and the ‘foolish dead’ who perished in foreign wars
Kettle died to liberate France which has long been an inspiration for Irish republicans
Statue of Francis Ledwidge unveiled at Richmond Barracks
Martin McGuinness speaks at ceremony remembering poet who died in first World War
Can we commemorate 1916 and the Somme together?
With President Hollande set to visit Glasnevin to mark the Irish role in the World Wars, we can acknowledge duality and remember those on opposite sides 100 years ago
Irish composers unveil devilish and gripping new works in Bantry
West Cork Chamber Music Festival heard pieces by Deirdre Gribbin and Seán Doherty
President Higgins: Openness to others must be at heart of remembering
Time has come for an ethics of narrative hospitality to replace our past entrenchments
Irish in London: ‘I certainly look at the city differently’
Many concerned for the future as surprise and shock greets Brexit result
Canada’s ‘hero’ ambassador tackles protester at 1916 service
Kevin Vickers involved in arrest of man during event to remember British dead
Cloughjordan remembers ‘thoughtful’ Thomas MacDonagh
Tipperary community unveils life-size statue of Rising leader and poet executed in 1916
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