Boris Johnson praises Ireland’s Easter Rising commemorations
UK foreign secretary says Enda Kenny and officials ‘deserve enormous credit’ for events
1916 leaders debunk the ‘real man’ myth
Several of the leaders like Pearse, McDonagh and Plunkett don’t fit ‘real man’ persona
Patrick Honohan: Ireland’s embrace of globalisation defines us
State has relied on sectors that have benefited from Irish tax system for 50 years
Tom Kettle and the ‘foolish dead’ who perished in foreign wars
Kettle died to liberate France which has long been an inspiration for Irish republicans
Rising centenary boosts visitor numbers at museum sites
National Museum of Ireland says over 1m people have visited it since start of the year
French village remembers the Irish who came as liberators
Some 1,200 men from 16th (Irish) Division were killed at Guillemont and Ginchy
Gerry Adams has more in common with John Redmond than he might think
Redmond’s position was similar to that articulated recently by Gerry Adams on the difficulties Brexit causes in Northern Ireland.
Higgins’s reflection on Civil War highlights edgy issues
President was right to speak of the need to recognise the atrocities committed by both sides
Heritage Week in Dublin: Cholera graves and moving statues
Seminar to highlight discoveries made during development works for Luas Cross City
Stephen Collins: State commemoration of 1916 has been a success
‘Things might have been far worse if the dreamers, poets and radical revolutionaries had emerged victorious from the Rising to impose their vision on an unprepared nation’
Historians aiding centenaries want no involvement in NI politics
Maurice Manning says advisory committee refused State request to involve peace process
Sinn Féin accused of having ‘little impact’ on Rising centenary
Alex White says the public was not interested in the republican party’s take on 1916
Ireland’s role in peacekeeping in focus on ‘Casement Humanitarian Day’
Trocaire and UNICEF represented at commemoration of humanitarian crusader
Roger Casement: A romantic defender of the oppressed
On the centenary of his tragic execution, it is worth recalling the rebel’s adventurous life
Statue of Francis Ledwidge unveiled at Richmond Barracks
Martin McGuinness speaks at ceremony remembering poet who died in first World War
RTÉ to make follow-up to 1916 Rising drama Rebellion
Sound and Vision Fund backs Rebellion: Two States, to be set during War of Independence
‘Heroic dead of Ireland’ recalled at Somme commemoration
President and Taoiseach attend State event to remember those who died in WW1 battle
President criticises revisionist school of Irish history
Attempts to link Patrick Pearse to IRA violence are ‘simplistic and ideological’
Irish Church leaders call for joint commemoration of the 1916 Rising and the Somme
‘Members of our traditions tend to simply choose one single narrative about this centenary year’
President Higgins: Openness to others must be at heart of remembering
Time has come for an ethics of narrative hospitality to replace our past entrenchments
Battle of the Somme: Irish out in force for commemoration
Some 600 students from France, England and Ireland visit Lochnagar Crater
1916 Rising: Photographic reconstruction past and present
Future presidents and Proclamation signatories among Gaelic League Oireachtas 1913
British feared Irish takeover of Australia in 1916
Loss of conscription referendum in late 1916 led to panic over ‘rebel Irish and syndicalists’
Áras an Uachtaráin holds 1916 event for children
President Michael D Higgins welcomes children to talk about their vision of the future
Government to appeal High Court ruling on Moore Street
Consultative group will be set up to discuss ‘positive progress’ for historic 1916 site
Cabinet to discuss implication of Moore Street decision on other projects
A number of State agencies have expressed concern over street’s national monument status
Travellers remember community’s role in the Rising
Love/Hate actor John Connors calls for an ‘end to inequality and poverty’ at GPO event
West Cork villages remember Battle of Jutland soldiers
Communities commemorate six men who died on same day in 1916 with monument
Plaque unveiled for first World War dead in Tralee
Ceremony held to remember 226 men as names publicly acknowledged for first time
First World War Irish sailors killed at Jutland remembered
Relative fights back tears as she recalls her grandfather’s return to a different Ireland
‘CSI 1916’: how Rising martyr Thomas Kent mystery was solved
Story of how man’s remains were exhumed and identified to be told at free UCC lecture
Trudeau to consider Vickers tackling protester if issue raised
Canada PM pressed to respond to incident involving Brian Murphy at Grangegorman
Man tackled by Canadian envoy defends ‘act of civil disobedience’
Brian Murphy is a member of the Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association
Nothing radical: the rebuilding of Dublin
After the 1916 Rising it took just 11 years to reconstruct O’Connell Street – a year less than the Luas Cross City line – but the architecture was safe and unimaginative
Canada’s ‘hero’ ambassador tackles protester at 1916 service
Kevin Vickers involved in arrest of man during event to remember British dead
Charlie Flanagan: We must acknowledge British soldiers killed in the Rising
Republic owes it itself to engage with history in all of its complexity and nuance
Kilmainham Gaol opens its doors to performance artists
Free event is part of the Arts Council Easter Rising centenary programme
School modelled on Pearse’s St Enda’s closes 100 years on
Former owner stipulated Ardscoil Éanna in Crumlin should close when she died
1916 Rising had ‘no legitimacy whatsoever’ - ex-attorney general
Rising leaders ‘a self-absorbed group of brave idealists who had never represented anybody’
Taoiseach to attend Easter Rising commemorations in Washington
Opening of the “Ireland 100” festival at John F Kennedy Center starts three-week festival of Irish arts and culture
Philip Pettit: The republican image of freedom offers a moral compass for our country
In order to enjoy democratic freedom, the people of a republic should share equally in imposing community standards on government
President says there are people who have been poor for too long
Michael D Higgins marks centenary of ‘determined’ and ‘kind’ James Connolly’s death
Dublin priests who ministered at 1916 Easter Rising remembered
Commemoration sees readings of accounts from clerics who aided wounded and dying
Discovery of police files opens new chapter on Rising era
Records found in Clontarf attic detail arrests of Larkin and Connolly during Dublin lockout
Centenary of execution of Thomas Kent in 1916 marked
Family members lay wreaths where Kent shot following court martial for armed rebellion
Easter Rising executions remembered at Kilmainham Gaol
The only surviving child of an executed rebel leader was honoured at the Dublin service
1916 courts martial and executions: Edward Daly
Thought rebellion ‘foolish’ but ‘no option but to obey’
Four more executed Rising leaders remembered at Kilmainham
Plunkett, Daly, O’Hanrahan and Willie Pearse all commemorated
Proclamation ‘superior’ to US declaration of independence
Historian says 1916 document should be read in entirety not judged on individual phrases
Executed Rising rebels honoured at Kilmainham Gaol
First three killed, Pearse, Clarke and MacDonagh, commemorated on centenary
Cloughjordan remembers ‘thoughtful’ Thomas MacDonagh
Tipperary community unveils life-size statue of Rising leader and poet executed in 1916
East Link bridge renamed after 1916 leader Tom Clarke
Many would consider honouring of Proclamation signatory long overdue, says Higgins
1916 courts martial and executions: Sound reasons to be wary of ‘official’ records
Death certificates disappeared and trial records buried to avoid damage to war effort
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