Whatever happened to Dublin street singer Miss Mary Connolly?

Singing sensation Connolly was discovered performing on the street for pennies before having the sort of rise (and fall) that would make an X Factor contender green with envy

Driven to rebellion – An Irishman’s Diary about a 1916 bus tour

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