‘Would you like to visit my grave?’ The farmer planning a home burial
Martin Neary has permission to be buried on his own lands in Co Mayo when he dies
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
On the latchiko – Frank McNally on the rise and fall of a mysterious Irish insult
An Irishman’s Diary
Poet Máire Mhac an tSaoi ‘remained engaged with the world outside’ up to the very end
Bilingual requiem Mass takes place at Our Lady of Dolours church in Glasnevin, Dublin
Fintan O’Toole: My personal history of modern Ireland
We Don’t Know Ourselves is the story of Ireland’s growth since the 1950s
Pragmatism v Principle – how the Seanad attempted to tackle the issue of children born out of wedlock
An Irishman’s Diary
State Papers: Secret committee sought to change territorial claims in Constitution
The 1973 coalition produced draft amendments to remove State’s claims to island of Ireland
Julia O’Faolain obituary: Irish author who wrote ‘about what is inescapable’
Her themes include clerical intrigue, women’s role in society, power, faith and sexuality
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’
Former tánaiste recalls how she was refused entry to all-male club
Mary Harney: ‘When I enquired if it was because I was a woman I was told no, it was because I wasn’t a man’
My debating days: By Michael D Higgins, Mary Harney, Dara Ó Briain and more
Debating taught me ‘to think quickly and speak slowly in unpredictable situations’
Newton Emerson: Mind your language – unionists are now a race
Ulster Scots win in Stormont deal could be considered preparation for defeat
Breda O’Brien: Legacy of Muckross nuns lives on forever
Far from corrupt religion, these nuns inspired as strong female role models
Diarmaid Ferriter: Roots of Dáil’s ideological sameness run deep
The first Dáil and its successors remained wedded to a conservative model of politics
The constitutional heritage of the Irish revolution
The 1916 Rising and War of Independence were only the tip of the iceberg in a greater social and political revolution spanning 50 years in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Political leadership needed to inject life into the peace process
Do our current leaders have the same skills as those who helped secure the Belfast Agreement?
Conor Cruise O’Brien caused ‘cultural transformation’ in Ireland, symposium hears
Politician, writer and diplomat discussed on centenary of his birth
Conor Cruise O’Brien forced Ireland to reconsider nationalism
The intellectual challenged the idea the pursuit of unity was the State’s main goal
The day The Clash and punk turned Trinity into a war zone
The Clash played Trinity College 40 years ago today. The student organisers recall the British punks' explosive 1977 visit to Ireland
Liam Cosgrave, former taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, dies aged 97
Obituary: Liam Cosgrave was first elected to the Dáil at the age of 23
Fintan O’Toole: How Liam Cosgrave embodied the State
Like the Ireland of his time, Cosgrave’s achievements were a function of his limitations
Liam Cosgrave: modest, droll, pious and politically cunning
FG leader was an uncompromising and often controversial political figure
Fire destroys former Howth Head home of Conor Cruise O’Brien
Dublin Fire Brigade tenders bring blaze in north Co Dublin under control
A history of Ireland in 100 great quotes
From ‘Dress suitably, and buy a revolver’ and 'A terrible beauty' to 'We all partied'
Unionist politician tried to link Haughey to ‘Eksund’ arms seizure
British state papers: Rev Martin Smyth wrote to Thatcher in 1987 following seizure of 150 tonnes of arms travelling from Libya
Five things you need to know today
Unfounded symphysiotomy claims, Obama and Ellen and fears about The Quiet Man
‘The Quiet Man’: embassy in US feared a false view of Ireland
‘We may have protests’, said Washington counsellor when film premiered in 1952
The truth about Liam Cosgrave’s alleged gaffe at the UN
Anecdote about General Assembly address is one of most enduring in political history
Diarmaid Ferriter: Blame Parnell for the Citizens’ Assembly
How the whip system has reduced the Dáil to a galley of whipped voting slaves
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Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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