‘De Valera is 34, dark, deified.’ An English woman meets Ireland’s rebels, 1917

Una Birch Pope-Hennessy’s account of a visit to Dublin is a who’s-who of the revolution

How The Irish Times reported the death of Thomas Ashe 100 years ago

‘The funeral was the largest which has been seen in Dublin since that of Mr Parnell’

America at Large: Belichick and Cody both driven by a singular passion

The New England Patriots coach aiming to make history by claiming a fifth Super Bowl

Eoin Larkin retires after career he ‘could only have dreamed of’

The 2008 Hurler of the Year retires after 12 years with the Kilkenny senior hurlers

Pride in ‘inclusive’ 1916 commemoration rings hollow

Irish State managed to alienate North just as Brexit made unification a real prospect

Frank Flannery’s Leinster kingpins Oulart back on glory trail

Wexford champions host St Rynagh’s as they prepare to defend their provincial crown

Former top Cat Richie Power now confined to onlooker role

Classy forward has found retirement from the intercounty game difficult to deal with

Kathy Sheridan: ‘Terrible beauty’ alive in Glasnevin Cemetery

Memorials to those who fought for Éire stand next to those who fought for king

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

Did the 1916 sunshine dampen the rebels chance of victory?

Battles and even wars have been decided by changes in the weather but how did it affect the Easter Rising?

Easter Rising – Day 4: City in flames

As Trinity College became a barracks, fire wiped out the east side of O’Connell Street

Recruiting conference for Irish soldiers in Mansion House in 1916

1916/2016: a miscellany

Dear diary: Patricia Murphy on hooking kids into history with a fictional diary

From Anne Frank to Malala, Zlata and Marah, children’s diaries and blogs bring home the reality of war and have inspired fiction too, including mine on 1916 and 1921

A terrible beauty: the poetry of 1916

Mairéad Ashe FitzGerald explores the cultural legacy of the Easter Rising in the work of the rebels themselves and fellow poets Yeats, AE, James Stephens and Francis Ledwidge

John Horgan: An important landmark in the freedom of the press

‘There may well be deficiencies in political or parliamentary accountability, but remedying these has to remain the responsibility of parliament itself’

Rare and wonderful home on Sandford Terrace for €3.95m

Built in 1823, this two-storey over basement house is a fine home with beautiful garden

Henry Shefflin retirement: He was the perfect fuse of talent and temperament

Kilkenny great’s courage - even more than his skill - was what gave him absolute authority, writes fellow clubman PM O’Sullivan

Cody and O’Shea’s secret is there is no secret

Great coaches don’t pretend they always know what they are doing: they just do it

Skilled craftsmen providing the essential equipment as great rivals get set to rumble

Hurley makers Jim O’Brien (Tipperary) and Brian Dowling (Kilkenny) maintain a noble tradition

Analysis: Lomas’s 1916 diaries – a sanguine account of war

Despite the stoicism and forgiveable innacuracies in his account of the executions of the leaders of the Rising, there are glimpses of flesh and feelings

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