Former shop of 1916 leader Tom Clarke illegally occupied by group intending to open communal kitchen, High Court hears
Dublin City Council bought 55 Amiens Street in 2018 with plans to transform it into a museum and community centre
1916 Rising
Motivations of the Irish who served in the first World War were complicated
Many were from the vanished tribe of Catholic ‘loyalists’ who saw no contradiction between their faith, desire for Home Rule and loyalty to the British Empire
The Irish Republican Brotherhood 1914-1924: Diarmaid Ferriter on a very personal Fenian story
This book, the culmination of a very personal mission, is based on detailed research and, although it does not engage with some of the wider contextual questions posed of the IRB, is valuable and often insightful
Republicans who do not respect unionists or recognise State are standing in way of united Ireland
Commemorative and funeral marches by non-State actors wearing uniforms are polarising, ridiculous and ultimately unrepublican
Sun shines as anniversary of Easter Rising marked with GPO ceremony
President Michael D Higgins lays wreath in first public engagement since hospitalisation earlier in March
‘Crucial’ to acknowledge ‘contribution and tradition of unionists’, Ahern tells 1916 commemoration
Former taoiseach says ‘it’s essential to foster generosity and inclusivity’ at relatives association event
Plans for 14-storey apartment block on site of 1916 Rising leader’s former home in Dublin
Michael Joseph O’Rahilly house demolished in controversial circumstances in 2020
116 Cork Street had a cameo role in the Rising. Today it’s part of landlord Marc Godart’s Ireland
Internal records of the rental operation run by Godart show 33 bunkbed places are available to book in the old house
Rare piece of Patrick Pearse memorabilia fails to sell at auction
Proclamation signatory’s Irish Volunteers membership card was guiding at between €150,000 and €250,000
Imelda May to host walking tour remembering women of 1916 Rising
Event also to raise awareness of Moore Street residents’ plan for cultural quarter
The day Éamon de Valera cried in the Dáil: ‘The world is looking at us now’
Staging the Treaty: A filmed theatrical production, written by Theo Dorgan, using primary sources will soon be available to view
A ‘proper f***ing lunch’ with Nigel Farage: ‘I mustn’t be sloshed this evening’
‘Mr Brexit’ on Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Leo Varadkar, Mary Lou McDonald and Ireland’s future
Once the ‘noblest street in Europe’: The changing fortunes of Dublin’s O’Connell Street
Author Nicola Pierce charts the notable, and often tumultuous, events that took place on the capital’s main thoroughfare north of the Liffey
Diarmaid Ferriter: Ireland’s decade of commemoration was influenced by today’s prejudices
Recession, Brexit, Waking the Feminists, Black Lives Matter and Covid all played their part
James Joyce and the Irish Revolution: Richly layered, erudite chapters that repay close reading
The Easter Rising is seen as a catalyst for global processes of decolonisation, in the same way as Joyce is a catalyst for literary modernism
‘Live life to the full,’ says Ireland’s oldest woman on her 109th birthday
Máirín Hughes remembers the Spanish Flu in 1918 and Black and Tans patrolling in Dublin during War of Indpendence
Film archive from revolutionary Ireland to be sold at auction
Guide price of €200,000-€300,000 for six hours of footage from Rising, War of Independence and Civil War
Hours of film footage from 1916-1923 along with Rory Gallagher archive in Whyte’s Eclectic Collector sale
Described by the auction house as “extremely important”, the reels show the destruction of parts of Dublin city and the funeral of Michael Collins
Work to finally start on Moore Street 1916 museum within weeks
Commemorative Centre to open in 2026, a decade after it was originally planned, but not in time for Easter
Anti-Treaty IRA general Liam Lynch a victim of ‘crude’ revisionism, commemoration hears
Lynch was a reluctant participant in the Civil War as evidenced by his willingness to agree a truce in the battle for Limerick, says historian
‘Hard won peace’ should not be taken for granted, Sinn Féin tells supporters
Party celebrates 107th anniversary of Easter Rising at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast
Easter Sunday commemoration marks 107 years since 1916 Rising
President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar attend ceremony outside the GPO
PSNI monitor parades in North ahead of Easter Monday
Republican groups marched in west Belfast and other areas of Northern Ireland on Saturday
Dissidents may attempt attacks on police on Easter Monday, PSNI warns
‘Strong’ intelligence indicating terror attacks in wake of senior detective John Caldwell’s shooting
Diarmaid Ferriter: Patricia Hoey was the first of many Women of Honour
Cumann na mBan member fought in the Rising and joined the National Army but met only humiliation and derision in her failed effort to secure a military pension
Brexit refuseniks and their Irish passports: ‘The important thing for me was identity and heritage’
Readers tell us about their experiences of getting Irish passports and citizenship since the UK voted to leave the EU
Moore Street buildings subject of proceedings lodged against Dublin City Council
Hammerson subsidiary challenges council decision to list buildings with links to Easter Rising
Copy of Proclamation sells for €170,000 at auction in Dublin
It is estimated there are fewer than 50 copies still in existence
Hundreds gather outside GPO in bid to protect Moore Street 1916 Rising site
Actor Adrian Dunbar, Gerry Adams and Mary Lou McDonald among campaign supporters
Celebrating pioneering women, from a theatrical impresario to a independent globe-trotter
A roundup of books that cast new light on some remarkable Irish women
Éamon Phoenix remembered as an ‘inspirational peacemaker’ at funeral in Belfast
Historian and broadcaster gave everyone in North a ‘greater understanding of shared past’, mourners told
Joe Duffy calls abandoned Glasnevin Wall an ‘ignominious standing stone of intolerance’
Broadcaster proposes alternative memorial to remember the children who died in the Easter Rising
‘Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone’: Dublin home of leading Fenian John O’Leary on sale for €875,000
Irish separatist was ‘finally arrested’ at his Dublin home, on Palmerston Place, in 1865 and sentenced to 20 years of penal servitude
The people of 1916: The main players
Profiles of the 25 people who played leading roles on both sides involved in the Rising
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