The ending of the ban on women voting and standing for election is being celebrated across the country

An Irishman’s Diary: Frank De Groot was dragged off his horse and faced charges including malicious damage to the ribbon

Irish Film Institute brings together 150 films from 1900 to 1930, showing key events of Irish history

Debut novelist AJ Pearce talks about what inspired her to set her novel ‘Dear Mrs Bird’ during the second World War

Former taoiseach wanted ‘no speeches and no nonsense’ and his wishes were honoured

Orlagh Collins’ debut YA novel gives a snapshot of everything from bankruptcy to first love

IFI archive saves the old adverts that shaped who we were and who we wanted to be

Revolution in Colour deploys technique used for vaunted second World War in HD Colour

The Pathé, Movietone and AP digital archives store a wealth of local history

Coffin was used to transport his remains from the US in 1915

Video upload service was founded on Valentine’s Day, 2005 by three ex-Paypal staff

Rare images of 1921 ferry disaster in which London band members drowned on way to Dublin

Oration at the grave of O’Donovan Rossa in 1915 was filmed for posterity

Prints, engravings of Daniel O’Connell and Charles Stewart Parnell available

Seminal events in Irish history among 85,000 films in British Pathé archive on YouTube

Limerick man credited with key role in saving hundreds of lives

Pathé says substance of Irish mother’s quest for lost son is ‘materially true’

Paul Howard chats to ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ collaborator Gerry Harrison about Tara Browne (the reputed subject of ‘A Day in the Life’), 1967 and LSD

Thanks to his films, we can follow in the trail of the pioneer Carl Clancy without a bike