Was Grace Gifford pregnant when she wed Joseph Plunkett in 1916?
New documentary suggests couple’s hasty marriage may have been to ward off scandal
‘We are absolutely on the racks. This week will see the end of us’
The Dublin files: Those who fought in the Rising, and their families, struggled to get a military pension
Sending Up The Republic – Frank McNally on a forgotten satirist of Irish independence, Eimar O’Duffy
An Irishman’s Diary
What does a 100-year-old biscuit taste like? We try the wartime biscuits made by Jacob’s
Culinary Arts students at DIT reproduce the 100-year-old recipe as a research project
Handwritten version of Francis Ledwidge’s most famous poem set for auction
A Lament for Thomas MacDonagh may originally have been written about Gallipoli
Poaching row raises tensions between teachers’ unions
Analysis: Some ASTI branches lost up to a third of their members in last year’s dispute
Tragedy of Thomas MacDonagh’s family left orphaned after Rising
The children of the Easter Rising leader paid dearly for the price of Irish freedom
Poet Francis Ledwidge commemorated by people of Slane
British soldier died on July 31st, 1917, the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele
ASTI revolt: ‘We’re stuck in the doldrums saying no’
Biggest second-level teachers’ union losing members in context of internal divisions
Embracing and commemorating events of 1916 throughout the year
Children central to events to mark 100 years since Easter Rising
1916 leaders debunk the ‘real man’ myth
Several of the leaders like Pearse, McDonagh and Plunkett don’t fit ‘real man’ persona
If the Ground Should Open... review: Anglo Tapes loom large
Installation focuses on women of Rising and corporate Ireland greed 100 years later
Letters from 1916 figures to go on view as part of Culture Night
Éamonn Ceannt and Grace Plunkett wrote to governor of Kilmainham Gaol after Rising
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’
President Higgins: Openness to others must be at heart of remembering
Time has come for an ethics of narrative hospitality to replace our past entrenchments
Canada’s ‘hero’ ambassador tackles protester at 1916 service
Kevin Vickers involved in arrest of man during event to remember British dead
Executed Rising rebels honoured at Kilmainham Gaol
First three killed, Pearse, Clarke and MacDonagh, commemorated on centenary
Cloughjordan remembers ‘thoughtful’ Thomas MacDonagh
Tipperary community unveils life-size statue of Rising leader and poet executed in 1916
Rising poem: Patrick Pearse, A Manifesto by Paul Muldoon
A special commission for the centenary of the 1916 Rising
An emotional homecoming for the 262 civilians killed in 1916
The Sackville Street Art Project has brought together people to build model houses for each of the civilians killed during fighting
St John Ambulance and the Easter Rising
During the Rising, 15 ambulances were provided as were female nurses and men to staff the hospitals
Rising commemorations lead to many family reunions
Relatives of executed leader Major John MacBride meet for the first time
The Irish Times in 1916: a newspaper in focus
Today's Irish Times newspaper is a souvenir edition of a 1916 paper that reported the Rising in microscopic detail – and carried some curious advertisements
Lisa Godson: Everyday objects animate the story of the Rising
The new Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising exhibition at Collins Barracks
The Proclaimers: 100 years on, they’ve still got something to say
Proclamation Day gives students the opportunity to reflect on and reimagine what it means to be Irish in 2016
The Joseph Mary Plunkett papers: ‘I was never meant to be so happy’
The youngest of the Proclamation signatories married his fiancee, Grace Gifford, in his prison cell the night before he was executed
The Patrick Pearse letters: Trouble at St Enda’s College
The republican leader’s experimental Dublin school struggled with debt – and with irate neighbours
The Thomas MacDonagh papers: ‘I devoted myself too much to national work’
Thomas MacDonagh worried about his family not having enough money, during his life and after his death, letters held by the National Library suggest
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