Century: 1921 Truce and Treaty

Dr Andy Bielenberg of UCC says practice of using prisoners to clear mined roadblocks 100 years ago began in Newcestown, West Cork

RTÉ to stage six-hour reconstruction of the debates held in the lead-up to the Civil War a century ago

The manner in which the Hales family united after the shooting dead of Pro-Treaty TD, Sean Hales by the IRA shows a path to reconcililation, says Coveney

The commemoration was organised by a group of retired army officers and was attended by relatives of the dead soldiers

The executions were ordered two days after the government came into being in retaliation for the murder of TD Sean Hales

Justice Gerard Hogan says there was no basis in law for killings of Rory O’Connor, Liam Mellows, Joe McKelvey and Dick Barrett

Historian and broadcaster gave everyone in North a ‘greater understanding of shared past’, mourners told

Irish novels set in revolutionary times took an oblique view of big historical events

Debates about commemorating the past are also about the future

All the years in the Decade of Centenaries are significant but 1921 is the most critical of all

Three plans were considered for the Irish Border before the six counties model was adopted

An Irishwoman’s Diary

Lindsay was killed along with her chauffeur James Clarke