Roger Casement

Roger Casement told own defence team ‘black diaries’ were a forgery

British government leaked the diaries to sway public opinion over Casement after his arrest for treason

Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement review

Roland Philipps explores contradictions, complexity and character of an Irish hero in this compelling biography

‘Ireland has always done death a little differently. We have a sense of the devastation it can bring to families and communities’

Dr Georgina Laragy is behind The Dead Body in Modern Ireland, a two-day conference with an eye-opening range of topics

Treasures from Dalkey mansion include imitation-Japanese furniture

Paintings by Jack B Yeats and William Scott also feature in Monte Alverno Sotheby’s sale

Discovery of export of Casement pistols to US caused alarm in 1991

Department of the Taoiseach and National Museum notified after letter from gun collector

Inside the new Dún Laoghaire Baths (spoiler: don’t expect baths)

For years the derelict amenity was a blight on the seafront, a lost opportunity for a public facility

Tralee: The ‘poor cousin’ of Co Kerry no more

Sarah Burns finds lots to do on a weekend trip to the south-western town

A stroll through time in Glasnevin cemetery

Ireland’s best known cemetery has resumed tours for visitors

Exhibition of Anglo-Irish Treaty portraits marks centenary of talks

Lavery portraits of both sides on view at Irish Embassy in London – ‘The Art of Negotiation’

The revolver used to kill Billy the Kid sells for €5.78m

Art&Antiques: Sale of Colt at Bonham’s Los Angeles achieved world auction record for firearm

São Paulo Letter: Fire at neglected cultural institution a metaphor for a troubled Brazil

Under Bolsonaro’s regime the Cinemateca Brasileira has been starved of funds and effectively abandoned

Anglo-Irish Treaty signatories: who’s who on both sides

King’s speech appealed to ‘all Irishmen... to forgive and forget’

The royal visit for the opening of the Northern Ireland parliament in 1921 was of great significance to Ulster unionists, though the target audience may have been Sinn Féin

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Should the Invincibles be reburied in Glasnevin Cemetery?

Phoenix Park assassins were executed and buried in yard of Kilmainham Gaol