Database of people from Ireland who died in first World War released
Names of more than 31,000 people included in archive by military historian Tom Burnell
A parish they never knew – Arthur Beesley on the final resting place in Sligo of five British soldiers
An Irishman’s Diary
Irish civilian dead of WW2 to be recognised as Commonwealth casualties
Concentration camp victim among 52 people to be remembered in Westminster Abbey
The man who fought for three armies: British, IRA and Free State
Martin Doyle was a Victoria Cross winner who quit to join the national struggle
The 14-year-old who was probably the youngest Irish serviceman to die in WW1
Thomas Woodgate faked his age to join the RAF in 1918 just a month before he died
Irish crew killed by German mine in 1917 honoured in Mayo
Ten men from Donegal, Derry and Antrim and Scotland died in attack on SS Tuskar
The Redmonds: tragedy of Ireland’s first political family
War and illness tore the family apart in the late 19th and early 20th century
Grave of Irishman killed during first World War identified
After 99 years Dublin-born William Frederick MacHutchison is no longer missing
Minister pays tribute to relative who died at Gallipoli
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said those who died in British uniforms were often forgotten
Grave of Rudyard Kipling’s son correctly named, says authority
Authors of ‘My Boy Jack’ suggested resting place belonged to Dublin-born Arthur Jacob
War grave of George Harrison’s grandfather identified
Pte Henry Harrison killed during Battle of Loos in France on September 25th, 1915
Famous Irish soldier’s WW1 grave may hold different remains
Resting place of first World War ‘boy soldier’ outside Ypres debated by Belgian teacher
Gay parish priest thanks congregation for accepting him
Fr Martin Dolan says church needs ‘new way of being’ after same-sex marriage accepted
Rudyard Kipling’s first World War tragedy
The Nobel laureate and staunch imperialist was one of hundreds of thousands of British and Irish parents to lose a son to the war
Prince Charles and Prince Harry meet Gallipoli relatives
Royals hold event for descendants of first World War campaign veterans
Gallipoli: Churchill’s folly must be remembered 100 years on
Sea ‘ran red with blood’ where four days saw more than a thousand Irish casualties
Labour junior minister: ‘My family has a relative lying in Gallipoli’
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin’s great-great-uncle is one of 3,000 Irishmen who died at Gallipoli
President to meet students researching Battle of the Somme
Youngsters from the 32 counties have each ‘adopted’ a soldier from their own county
Green Fields of France ‘written to tackle anti-Irish prejudice’
Author Eric Bogle says the song was ‘subtle reminder’ of Irish war dead
The life and troubled times of an authentic Irish war hero
Michael O’Leary VC will be remembered 100 years on from his celebrated act of bravery
Edward Francis Hawe, a boy soldier of the Great War
An Irishman’s Diary on a Tipperary teenager who died in Africa
Words the most enduring monument in former battlefields of Flanders
In a region of many cemeteries, Angela Merkel’s presence is a powerful symbol
Mons commemorates soldiers who died 100 years ago
Among the fatalities was Maurice Dease, an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
First WWI Victoria Cross winner to get memorial in Glasnevin
Lieutenant Maurice Dease from Westmeath was killed at the Battle of Mons
Garden of tranquility
Though neglected for many years, the restored Irish National War Memorial Gardens form a poignant tribute to those whose lives it commemorates
Local historian seeks answers to perplexing question about the number of Irish war dead
49,400 names are recorded in Ireland’s Memorial Records
President Higgins in Belgium to mark start of first World War
Representatives of some 70 countries will take part in commemorations
Band of brothers: One family’s story of the first World War
The Collins family saw six sons go to war. Four died, a fifth went missing, one returned home
British royal to attend unveiling of Cross of Sacrifice in Glasnevin Cemetery
Memorial is first such in Republic
President Higgins to attend British war commemoration
Service at Belgian city of Mons will mark start of first World War on Western Front
Memorial to youngest Allied soldier to die in first World War unveiled
John Condon (14) from Waterford killed in Flanders gas attack on May 24th, 1915
Glasnevin monument stone for Irish war dead to be laid
Deenihan accompanying Villiers for ceremony at cemetery today
British commemorations of first World War ‘will reflect Irish involvement’
Centenary events offer opportunity for reconciliation, says Cameron adviser
How Ireland plans to mark the centenary of the start of the first World War
‘You cannot airbrush that part of our history out of the narrative,’ says Jeffrey Donaldson. ‘The time has come to build those bridges’
‘Huge interest’ expected in military pensions record which show old IRA service
The records of some 60,000 people will show service during critical period in Irish history
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