My grandfather Cathal Brugha has been unfairly depicted as an extremist
Ruairí Brugha: Former IRA chief hoped his death would ‘serve some greater good’
Patrick O’Connor – the IRA informer hunted by Sam Maguire
America at Large: ‘Cruxy’ fled to America where he survived a near-fatal shooting
President warns against ‘affected amnesia’ in Civil War commemorations
Higgins calls for inclusive response to revolution-era events and division at Cork event
Shot dead in Dublin 100 years ago: the man who started the War of Independence
Sean Treacy, one of the most-wanted men in Ireland, was shot on Talbot Street in Dublin
Fianna Fáil will block RIC commemoration event, says Ó Cuív
De Valera’s grandson said an academic conference would be more appropriate
Woman, whose parents were both in the GPO in 1916, dies at the age of 97
Sheila O’Leary shared the unique distinction with the former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald
Final attack on day of War of Independence truce aborted
The Westmeath files: Attempt to have one more crack at British forces called off due to enemy strength and ‘hostile population’
IRA capture of Trim RIC Barracks ‘a very big job’
The Meath files: Attack planned for Sunday, when RIC officers would be at Mass
About the military archives
A vast array of records are stored in the facility, which has over 21km of shelving
Traveller’s body used as decoy to lure Black and Tans
Kerry, 1921: Eight Black and Tans were killed by 50 IRA men in the Rathmore ambush
Shooting dead of IRA volunteer instigated general strike against British rule
The Limerick files: Robert Byrnes was the first IRA volunteer killed in the War of Independence
Carlow, 1921: The IRA shoot a pharmacist who wouldn’t close his shop
The Revolution Files: The owner refused to close for the funeral of Terence McSwiney
Kilmichael ambush largest in War of Independence
The Cork files: Sixteen auxiliaries and three IRA men killed in attack led by Tom Barry
Cockney and priest helped IRA pull off daring capture of police barracks
The Fermanagh files: Michael Collins personally wrote to congratulate IRA leader Frank Carney on remarkable coup
Soloheadbeg: ‘Wicked’ beginning of the War of Independence
The ambush in the Tipperary town left two Royal Irish Constabulary constables dead
Soloheadbeg ambush: what really happened in January 1919?
‘It was accidental and should not have happened,’ says Seumas Robinson’s daughter
Fintan O’Toole: The first murky, inglorious shots of the War of Independence
The Soloheadbeg ambush of 1919 was as much a strike at Sinn Féin as at Britain
Archaeological search at City Hall for lost Easter Rising rifle
Rifle may have been lodged in gap between City Hall and another building for over 100 years
Harrowing Rwandan genocide account in newly-released Defence Forces files
Irish veterans recall lucky escapes on UN service in the Congo and Chad
Why didn’t the Easter Rising rebels attack Trinity College, Dublin?
They tried, says historian who challenges ‘orthodoxies’ about events of 1916
Diarmaid Ferriter: Women’s soccer players evoke past rebels
FAI row shows how female protesters always raise the hackles of the men in charge
Clontarf four-bed in turnkey condition asking €1.2m
Elegant refurbished 210sq m home was once a safe house for Michael Collins
Diarmaid Ferriter: The 1916 prisoners released on Christmas Eve
Hundreds of internees from the Rising returned to an already changing Ireland
Thomas Ashe’s motorbike helped achieve notable 1916 victory
Lover of motorbikes raced about directing guerrilla-style operations during the Rising
New Military Archives building opens in Dublin
The €5.4m project was one of the flagship programmes of the 1916 commemorations
Story of Easter 1916 flag turned into modern fictional caper
Grandson of man who raised ‘Irish Republic’ flag over GPO inspired to make comic film
Glasnevin Trust fixes fada on 1916 memorial wall
Group defends decision to list Andrew Cunningham as civilian, not Irish Volunteer
Daughter of GPO pair ‘lost for words’ at 1916 centenary event
‘I feel very emotional when I think of the values of every one of those Volunteers’
Surprise Moore Street judgment leaves Government in a quandary
As the final battlefield of the 1916 Rising, it deserves its national monument designation
Diarmaid Ferriter: Telling our children about the Easter rising is still no easy thing
Simplistic narratives are complicated by new sources
How military pensions archive throws light on silent state
Release of files from the War of Independence and the Irish Civil War a salve for bitterness of the period
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