Francis Sheehy-Skeffington

A city in turmoil – Ray Burke on Nora Barnacle’s return to Galway in 1922

An Irishman’s Diary

Mon May 09 2022 - 20:24

Pioneering spirit – An Irishman’s Diary on feminist and trade unionist Louie Bennett

Wed Jan 01 2020 - 18:01

Fine art, furs . . . and knickers - what got lost in the Easter Rising

Claims for damages were made to a British committee from artists including Jack B Yeats and John Lavery

Sat Feb 11 2017 - 06:00

Tom Kettle: In memory, 100 years after death at the Somme

‘Tom Kettle was a truly great Irishman of whom we should all be immensely proud’

Fri Sept 09 2016 - 21:00

Relatives of victims of Bowen-Colthurst to seek apology

British officer was responsible for deaths of at least five during Rising, including Francis Sheehy-Skeffington

Fri Apr 29 2016 - 21:57

New Military Archives building opens in Dublin

The €5.4m project was one of the flagship programmes of the 1916 commemorations

Tue Apr 26 2016 - 19:40

Easter Rising – Day 2: A baptism of unremitting fire

On the second day of the Easter Rising, soldiers poured into Dublin, and martial law was declared

Thu Mar 24 2016 - 00:30

Relatives of those in the Rising have no greater role than anyone else

The idea of sharing the glory of ancestors is as rational as sharing their guilt

Wed Mar 23 2016 - 01:00

Eyewitness account of the Easter Rising published for the first time

Arthur Matheson gives a day-by-day account of events witnessed from Dublin 2

Sat Mar 12 2016 - 01:00

Brothers remembered in stamp to mark centenary of Rising

William and Michael Malone died within a year of each other on opposite sides

Mon Feb 08 2016 - 01:00

Open and shut – An Irishman’s Diary about a short-lived newspaper of 1916

Wed Feb 03 2016 - 01:00

Ireland had ‘suffered less from the war than any other country in Europe’

1916/2016: a miscellany

Fri Jan 29 2016 - 01:00

Printing press discovered in raid on Countess Markievicz’s home

1916/2016: a miscellany

Thu Jan 28 2016 - 01:00

1916: a calendar of events

The landmark events of 100 years ago have inspired a commemorative programme for the centenary year

Wed Jan 13 2016 - 00:00

1916: who did what?

An Irish school teacher, a Scottish trade unionist, an aristocratic woman and a British officer were among the main players in the 1916 Rising

Wed Sept 23 2015 - 01:00

1916 Rising: Dublin 4 and 6 street maps

Our series on what was happening on the streets of Dublin during Easter Week 1916 explores the inner southern suburbs, scenes of a heavy battle and brutal killing

Sat Jun 20 2015 - 01:00

General who had Easter Rising leaders shot was ‘able, level-headed and clear-sighted’

TCD historian Eunan O’Halpin believes no British general would have acted differently

Thu Mar 05 2015 - 17:22

John Redmond a ‘man of violence’, says Gerry Adams

Sinn Féin president accuses IPP leader of sending thousands of Irish men to their deaths

Wed Oct 22 2014 - 17:03

Germany pursuing policies that allowed Nazis come to power, says Siptu head

Jack O’Connor says Berlin making same economic mistakes made in the 1930s

Tue Oct 21 2014 - 20:10

Of prodigals and prodigies

An Irishman’s Diary about an old play and a new book

Mon Apr 07 2014 - 16:42

Tracking the Tricolour

Does our flag mean the same to a GAA fan at Croke Park as it does to the unionists who have set it alight? And how did it become our national standard in the first place?

Sat Apr 20 2013 - 06:00