In1921/1922 the North saw some of the most intense violence in Ireland
Catholic civilians bore brunt of retaliations for ongoing IRA assassinations
Commemorating RIC next year might be less contentious - historian
Decades of ‘indoctrinating’ against force will not be undone easily, conference told
Michael D Higgins: Some Irish were willing participants in British Empire
Second Machnamh gathering examines themes of colonialism and cultural imperialism
Tom Barry showed great military expertise, says historian
New documentary marking Kilmichael ambush centenary and discusses controversies
Ireland would join Nato if price of joining EEC, TK Whitaker said
RIA historic documents: Monnet questioned if Ireland could face demands of free trade
Bloody Sunday 1920: The 32 killed at home, at Croke Park, in Dublin Castle or who died later of wounds received
Lieut-Colonel Hugh Montgomery was the highest ranked British agent to die, while Tipperary captain Michael Hogan was also captain of an IRA company
Bloody Sunday 1920: The 32 killed at home, at Croke Park, in Dublin Castle
32 people were killed on Bloody Sunday, or died later of wounds received that day
Bloody Sunday 1920: The 32 killed at home, at Croke Park, in Dublin Castle or who died later of their wounds
Lieut-Colonel Hugh Montgomery was the highest ranked British agent to die, while Tipperary captain Michael Hogan was also captain of an IRA company
From Turmoil to Truce: A mature reflection on the War of Independence
National Library exhibition makes space for civilian experience of intense conflict
Garda and military plan to reactivate paramilitary sources ahead of Brexit
Increase in the secret service vote to be used to fund sensitive operations amid UK’s exit
Seizure of £48 in dog tax among IRA operations in Cavan
The Cavan files: Republicans faced hostility from civilians, creating risk of spies and informers
Irish Times small ads, 1886 – Wanted: a lost cow, a wife with €1,000, a mildly insane tenant
There were no articles on page 1 of The Irish Times in 1886. But the ads told their own story
Easter Rising cannot be considered a ‘just war’– leading moral theologian
Prof Nigel Biggar says commemoration of events means making judgements on justness of violence used
The fate of southern unionists was sealed in 1917
They had no choice but to reach some accommodation with nationalist Ireland
Commemorating 1919-23 will be much bigger challenge than 1916 – historian
History festival hopes to generate debate on how to commemorate revolutionary period
Diarmaid Ferriter: There was more to Kenny’s success than luck
Kenny as Taoiseach mostly presided and chaired rather than initiated
Brexit may drive North and South apart or accelerate reunification
UK’s departure from EU will have a seismic political impact on both sides of the Border
Challenge is to mark Civil War in same tolerant way as 1916
Planned Parenthood centenary a timely reminder that diaspora has wider focus
British Pathé brings colour to Irish revolution
Revolution in Colour deploys technique used for vaunted second World War in HD Colour
The Proclamation was a speech by Pearse, not a constitution
Easter Rising document did not reflect the range of views of its seven signatories
Irish woman honoured for wartime work at Bletchley Park
Leslie Greer produced reports based on decrypted signals during second World War
Ulster says go: the forgotten exodus of Northern nationalists
TCD professor Eunan O’Halpin, whose own grandfather moved south in 1922 rather than be interned, on the fate of thousands of activists driven out by Stormont, the subject of a conference at Trinity
My Education Week: ‘I try and approach any subject objectively’
The life of a researcher: from witchcraft to the Holocaust to trad music
General who had Easter Rising leaders shot was ‘able, level-headed and clear-sighted’
TCD historian Eunan O’Halpin believes no British general would have acted differently
Churchill obsessed with Irish D-Day leaks
British PM described German presence in Dublin as an ‘abominable state of things’
Historians fear Boston tapes controversy will damage research into the Troubles
College’s decision to return interviews ‘not a good precedent for researchers’
Historian queries decision to invite royals to 1916 commemorations
Professor Diarmuid Ferriter said presence of royals could end up ‘distorting history’
Curragh Mutiny had disastrous effect on discipline in the British Army
Conference on the 1914 mutiny organised by the Centre for Contemporary History at Trinity College Dublin
Curragh mutiny to be debated in centenary week
Leading Irish and British academics and lawyers will debate rights and wrongs of issue
Revelation of family tragedy provides insight into Lemass’s political persona
Accidental shooting of infant brother shaped future taoiseach’s attitudes
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