Lover of motorbikes raced about directing guerrilla-style operations during the Rising

Those marching were much more than a romantic gesture to the past or nod to dead generations – they are an assertion of sovereignty and success as a State

Pipe band parade in city to mark mobilisation of 1,000 men under Tomás Mac Curtain

Stonyhurst archivist seeks to explain mystery surrounding Plunkett’s part in 1916 rebellion

1916/2016: a miscellany

Uniforms worn by British military leader who suppressed 1916 rebellion also to be sold

John Redmond’s eve of war speech in the House of Commons turned into a gamble gone wrong, rather than a masterstroke

FROM THE ARCHIVES: John Redmond, the leader of the Irish Party, addressed a 2,000 strong assembly of Irish Volunteers, some …

FROM THE ARCHIVES: At the beginning of December 1914, the British authorities in Ireland banned a number of publications including…

September 1st 1914. THE START of the first World War in August 1914 exposed deep divisions among nationalists, not least among…

July 8th, 1918: A PROCLAMATION by the lord lieutenant, Viscount French, in July 1918 declared several organisations to be “dangerous…