Distinctively Irish, creatively modern: Roy Foster on Sarah Purser, the most successful portrait painter of her day
The artist is the subject of a new exhibition at the Hugh Lane, the Dublin gallery that she helped to inspire
Maud Gonne
Distinctively Irish, creatively modern: Roy Foster on Sarah Purser, the most successful portrait painter of her day
The artist is the subject of a new exhibition at the Hugh Lane, the Dublin gallery that she helped to inspire
Arthur Griffith: a ‘moderate’ republican who launched Sinn Féin in 1905
Papers Griffith edited, when not suppressed by the British, inspired a generation
A life in stone: Sculptor Imogen Stuart reflects on her life and her work
‘I never know how things are going to turn out until they are finished’, says 94-year-old artist
Poetic Parishes – Frank McNally on a new book about Baggotonia and the new Kavanagh museum in Inniskeen
An Irishman’s Diary
The Antrim-born mystic, republican and lover of folklore who found freedom in California
Extraordinary Emigrants: Ella Young was a striking figure among anti-Treaty republicans
Unpublished photographs of Maud Gonne appear in new documentary
Ireland’s most famous unrequited love story recalled in Scéalta Grá na hÉireann
A Century of Doom – Frank McNally on how things fall apart, but not Yeats’s most quoted poem
An Irishman’s Diary
Charity auction to raise funds for monumental Sandycove sculpture
The Imogen Stuart structure would stand like a Celtic monolith looking out to sea
‘Short skirts and strong boots’: The pioneering feminism of Anna Parnell
Anna Parnell led a generation of women in the 19th century and inspired another in the 20th
Getting older is an exciting privilege, now more than ever
I feel more confident as I get older. I know more and worry less
Nollaig na mBan events to take place across the country
Literature events, art exhibitions and charity fundraisers planned for Little Christmas
A Yeats love story in a trunk comes to light – and to market
A Victorian trunk inscribed with the name Jack B Yeats held sentimental mementos including the artist’s wife’s wedding shoes
In search of the banshee and the elusive lennanshee
An Irishman’s Diary: ‘Leanhaun Shee’ is the Gaelic muse, giving inspiration to those she persecutes
Fintan O’Toole: Irish blood, English heart – and white skin?
Morrissey was once an Anglo-Irish critic of Britishness, but he is now a far-right icon
JJ Lee’s ‘total history’ of modern Ireland: Still required reading 30 years on
Historian’s classic account lacerated the country’s mediocrity and begrudgery
Why did only two women stand for election in 1918?
Vote 100: Confusion over whether women could stand for election resulted in just two female candidates in Ireland
Constance Markievicz, the divisive revolutionary heroine
Markievicz devoted herself to fighting for Irish freedom, women’s rights and the poor
Helena Molony: A persistent fighter for working women
Vote 100: The life-long trade unionist advocated for improved conditions and representation for women
Pair of James Joyce’s glasses sells for €17,000 at auction
Item one of many artefacts from Irish literary history which were sold on Tuesday
Like the book? Why not visit the author’s home?
For a book tour with a difference, visit some of the literary world’s most interesting homes
Citizen Lane: Art and the creation of the Irish nation
Hugh Lane’s contribution to cultural history is the focus of Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s new film
The aristocrat who became an Irish revolutionary
Renouncing a life of wealth and privilege, the spirited and compassionate Constance Markievicz devoted herself to fighting for the causes of Irish freedom, women’s rights, and the poor
Sea views to inspire from former Howth coachhouse for €1.5m
Grattan Lodge, perched at the start of the cliff walk, has lots of living space on the upper floor and a garden area ideal for barbecues
Georgian living in WB Yeats’s former Merrion Square home for €3.5m
Five-storey Dublin corner property with a one-bed basement apartment, a lift and planning permission for a roof terrace
Daniel O'Donnell teasing Ireland's most excitable Mammies? It's pure filth
From Yeats and Maud Gonne to Daniel and Majella, romantic Ireland isn't dead and gone
WB Yeats ‘showed Ireland wasn’t just about the Famine’
DVD of Bob Geldof’s documentary on poet has been released
First look: Bewley’s on Grafton Street reopens after €12m renovation
The buns are back, but the big mugs of milky coffee are gone
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