The Irish Times

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

Sat Apr 23 2022 - 06:00

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

Thu Jan 06 2022 - 16:06

The best medicine – Brian Maye on a lighter side to Arthur Griffith

An Irishman’s Diary

Wed Mar 03 2021 - 19:01

A costly shilling – Ernest Blythe and the old-age pension

An Irishwoman’s Diary

Sun Sept 20 2020 - 15:01

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’

Thu Jun 25 2020 - 06:00

1969: Irish ministers felt military incursion in North could lead to pogroms

Lynch thought Army would get 20 miles into Down before being massacred

Fri Aug 16 2019 - 01:00

Time for measured debate about the prospect of a united Ireland

Diarmaid Ferriter: Fine Gael needs to back up its rhetoric on the North

Sat Feb 16 2019 - 02:00

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

Mon Oct 29 2018 - 06:00

The Lemass Tapes will reshape Irish history

The tapes, recorded by hotelier Dermot Ryan in 1967, are an exceptional political testament

Sat Jun 02 2018 - 00:00

The Mill putting Drogheda on map as centre for innovation

Just two years after its launch, the enterprise hub is expanding to meet demand

Thu Sept 08 2016 - 06:26

Diarmaid Ferriter: Unite us, Lord, but not if it costs money

Despite the rhetoric, there is a deep ambivalence about partition throughout Ireland

Sun Nov 08 2015 - 12:28

Popular broadcaster who brought Irish to the people

Liam Ó Murchú: February 10th, 1929 - June 28th, 2015

Sat Jul 11 2015 - 01:00

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

Sat Apr 25 2015 - 01:00

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

Sat Oct 25 2014 - 01:19

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”

Mon Jun 30 2014 - 01:00

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

Tue Jun 24 2014 - 01:00

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

Wed May 07 2014 - 11:28