‘It’s the All-Ireland final of theatre’: The Plough and the Stars, 100 years on from its riotous first run
Frank McNally sits in on a new production of Seán O’Casey’s play and revisits the ‘chaotic scenes’ that greeted it in 1926
Patrick Pearse
Dublin Gothic at the Abbey review: Prepare for some archly provocative character assassination
Barbara Bergin’s huge, complex new play takes aim at some Irish heroes as it covers a century of life in the capital
The new IRB: a band of conspiracy theorists who have set up a parallel Irish ‘government’
This fringe group, drawn from the ranks of anti-lockdown protesters and business people laid low by the crash, have a cabinet, local co-ops and even a network of ‘courts’
Sinn Féin may reject commemorating the Normans, but there are some suspiciously Saxon names in its ranks
Take a look at centuries of Irish revolutionaries and you’ll find links to Norman history
Pioneering film-maker George Morrison dies aged 102
President Michael D Higgins pays tribute to Waterford native known for Mise Éire, the first full-length feature film in the Irish language
Would you like to work on the Connemara coast where Patrick Pearse spent his summers?
OPW seeks catering professional to run café at Ionad Cultúrtha an Phiarsaigh in Ros Muc
The GPO is not ‘sacred ground’. It’s so much more than that
There’s an opportunity to turn it into a building that can generate pride, and improve the perception of a space widely regarded as deficient and devoid of imagination
Dictionary on the Double – Frank McNally on the enduring literary life of Patrick Dinneen
Lexicographer was described by profiler as “in some ways, as mad as a March hare”
‘I would now identify as Irish rather than British. It was a very proud day when my Irish passport showed up’
Composer Stephen McNeff was born in Belfast, then grew up in south Wales. His Irishness has become increasingly important to his identity
Plaque unveiled at Sandymount home of Patrick Pearse’s family
One of 1916 Rising’s key leaders, Pearse lived in house during ‘formative’ years after 1900
Easter Rising, Curtain Falling – Frank McNally on the 1916 play still awaiting its Abbey premiere
An Irishman’s Diary
Priest says he ‘got a bit of a thrill’ when lorry reversed through gates of Russian embassy
Reverend John Walsh said he ‘would not have minded’ being in the cab of the lorry
Snámhaí or gormaire? The best Irish insults and nasty words
It is as slanderous, scabrous and muck-mouthed a language as any you’ll find
Mixed views over Mick Wallace voting against EU condemnation of invasion
‘He should have voted in favour. One child being murdered is one too many’
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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