Signed draft of Irish Constitution for sale as part of Seán MacEntee auction
Libraries of Conor Cruise O’Brien and Máire Mhac an tSaoi also included in sale this week
The Treaty won public support – but this could not stop the Civil War
Reflections on the Anglo-Irish Treaty 100 years after the Dáil vote
Former west Kerry holiday home of Máire Mhac an tSaoi to auction from €120k
Poet once described tumbledown property as ‘the nearest house in Ireland to America’
1969: Irish ministers felt military incursion in North could lead to pogroms
Lynch thought Army would get 20 miles into Down before being massacred
Time for measured debate about the prospect of a united Ireland
Diarmaid Ferriter: Fine Gael needs to back up its rhetoric on the North
Ireland 5 Germany 2: When Nazi salutes took over Dalymount Park
In 1936 with the Nazi Party in power, the German team was welcomed to Dublin
The Lemass Tapes will reshape Irish history
The tapes, recorded by hotelier Dermot Ryan in 1967, are an exceptional political testament
The Mill putting Drogheda on map as centre for innovation
Just two years after its launch, the enterprise hub is expanding to meet demand
Diarmaid Ferriter: Unite us, Lord, but not if it costs money
Despite the rhetoric, there is a deep ambivalence about partition throughout Ireland
Popular broadcaster who brought Irish to the people
Liam Ó Murchú: February 10th, 1929 - June 28th, 2015
Church, State and marriage
In 1972, pressure to make Irish marriage law a replica of Catholic Church law was rejected, at the very last minute, after secret negotiations that had lasted for a decade
Canny and in control: TK Whitaker – Portrait of a Patriot
Review: Whitaker’s service to Ireland is well painted but author Anne Chambers’s treatment of her subject is a bit cosy
Irish translation of ‘Dracula’ funded by minister who slashed the old-age pension
A fresh insight into Mr Blythe’s economic stewardship has been highlighted by the discovery of a rare copy of Dracula “as Gaeilge”
The Haughey factor: why Frank Aiken really retired from party politics
Jack Lynch’s decision to let Charles Haughey back into the fold led Aiken to walk away from the party he had served for 50 years
Rebel doctor: how one woman's vision of eradicating TB was thwarted
Dorothy Stepford Price played a crucial role in the battle to combat TB here, but her work is overshadowed by the approach taken by Archbishop John Charles McQuaid
Value of maximum pension was significant
Top pension of £350 a year was payable to those of senior rank who served from 1916 to 1923
New archive tells stories of ordinary volunteers in Easter Rising
Military Service Pensions Collection published online
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