Despair, defiance and democracy: Ireland in 1922
Part of the challenge of this year’s centenary is to confront the silences around 1922
Harry Boland: A charismatic leader within the Irish revolutionary movement
Dublin man was a faithful friend to de Valera and had a complex friendship with Collins
Diarmaid Ferriter: Tension, tears and anger as Treaty ratified 100 years ago
Too easy to take a simplistic hero-and-villain view of those on both sides of the debate
Staging the Treaty: This marathon production will recreate debates a century later
Some 100 years ago TDs made the most important choice in the history of Irish State
Charles Haughey’s Civil War trauma: ‘The country owes them more than starvation’
The war created a generation of lifelong politicians and ultimately shaped Charles J Haughey
Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith expected a 28-county Irish State
The negotiators believed Tyrone and Fermanagh would pass to the South
The War of Independence on film: Irish Destiny to Michael Collins
How filmmakers have attempted to balance the demands of entertainment against the sensitivities of politics
Historic coalition agreement ends almost a century of Civil War politics
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael were forged out of the bitterness of an ancient quarrel
The Americanisation of Ireland: Our relationship with America was not all one way
Book review: David Fitzpatrick combines rigorous analysis with human experiences
Russian jewels hidden in Dublin chimney breast in 1920
State papers: Michael Collins’s associate Harry Boland received jewels as collateral for government’s loan of $20,000 to Russia
Éamon de Valera’s US trip that left Irish America divided
America Letter: One hundred years ago a tour failed to co-opt official America to Ireland’s cause
A century on: the Dáil loan that set the State on road to financial sovereignty
Michael Collins began an audacious plan on April 4th, 1919, to appeal to people to fund an underground government
Six great Irish love stories, six great romantic getaways
From Dublin to Cork to Wicklow, follow in the footsteps of Joyce, Collins and Kitty O’Shea
This Valentine’s Day show your love with these vintage tokens
Gifts with meaning, history and thought are an alternative to flowers and chocolates
Blow by blow: Timeline of the War of Independence
How the war began and how it progressed over the course of 1919
Ireland’s global revolution: how the struggle for independence went worldwide
Events in Ireland were strongly influenced by the first World War and other world conflicts
Fintan O’Toole: The 1918 election was an amazing moment for Ireland
In an act of peaceful secession, Irish people chose to be citizens, not subjects
Last Post – Frank McNally on Seumas O’Kelly, writer, journalist, and victim of the 1918 Armistice
An Irishman’s Diary
De Valera, Collins ‘never republicans’, West Cork History Festival told
An Irish republic was slogan used to gainsupport abroad, says historian David Fitzpatrick
Mairead McGuinness to deliver oration at Collins commemoration
Beal na Blath event organisers welcome move to name GAA trophies after Collins and Harry Boland
A Great Arrangement review: love and war among the documents
Michael Collins’s relationship with Kitty Kiernan is brought to life by their letters
New Military Archives building opens in Dublin
The €5.4m project was one of the flagship programmes of the 1916 commemorations
Football finds its feet amid 1916 rebellion against empire
Easter Rising took toll on All-Ireland championship in which Wexford ran out winners
Kathy Sheridan: ‘Terrible beauty’ alive in Glasnevin Cemetery
Memorials to those who fought for Éire stand next to those who fought for king
Lost letters hint at why Harry Boland was unlucky in love
Failed engagement detailed in letters from Ena Shouldice intercepted by Dublin Castle
‘To Speak of Easter Week’ brings together testimony of 25 family members of rebels
Some 240 Easter Rising relatives interviewed for oral history project
Women’s role in wartime activities revealed
Military service pension files highlights the role women played in Ireland from 1916 to 1923
Irish emigrant women took part in fight for independence
Secretary to Eamon de Valera in US and Liverpool Cumann na mBan member among applicants
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