Was Grace Gifford pregnant when she wed Joseph Plunkett in 1916?
New documentary suggests couple’s hasty marriage may have been to ward off scandal
Níall Tóibín funeral told of ‘great actor, great comedian and great man’
Late star knew his demons and knew his gifts, says Mass celebrant Fr Brian D’Arcy
Foxrock to stage Samuel Beckett’s ‘All that Fall’
Family church the venue for Nobel laureate’s reimagining of south county Dublin village life
Abbey Theatre uproar: 300 actors and directors complain to Minister
National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’
Peadar Lamb ‘gave so much to the country and its people’ – funeral Mass told
Long career on stage and screen recalled at funeral of actor who died aged 87
'Sacred Prostitution': An ancient tradition based on respect for the woman
Susie Lamb’s show ‘Horae’ asks whether an ancient tradition can be comprehensible to a 21st-century crowd
Ability of Wesley Burrowes to ‘capture character’ recalled
Funeral told ‘stories mattered’ to the playwright, author and scriptwriter
How the stage was set for armed revolution in Ireland
In a second, edited extract from his book Vivid Faces, historian Roy Foster considers the role of theatre in shaping the minds of the revolutionary generation
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