The other Lemass shooting: Frank McNally on a dark moment in the life of a future taoiseach
His sister Ciara heard a bang, then saw the child fall, with a fatal wound to the head
Civil War 1922-1923
Cast a Cold Eye – Frank McNally on the monuments, republican and otherwise, of Tipperary
Divorced of importance it later acquired, was original War of Independence event worthy of pride?
Harsh life of soldier Johnnie Haughey bore privileged fruit in son Charles
One hundred years on from his birth, all the late former taoiseach’s biographers have speculated on the impact of his impoverished childhood
Local history: From the Jacobites to Land War, Civil War, and a Brutish empire
Peacetime armed forces of the 1680s, nuggets about the route to the War of Independence, and atrocities in the name of colonisation
What did Éamon de Valera ever do for us?
Ireland’s memory of Éamon de Valera is complicated by many factors. Diarmaid Ferriter assesses the competing perspectives
Was Michael Collins behind plan for French military airfields in Ireland?
UCC historian Jerome Aan de Wiel unearths diplomatic archive material showing Collins’s associate overture to French intelligence
Woman believed to be Ireland’s oldest person dies days before 109th birthday
Sarah Coyle was born in 1916 and survived two pandemics
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
Unlocking 700 years of Ireland’s lost past - the online project reconstructing Irish history
In the News podcast: Dr Ciarán Wallace discusses the efforts to reassemble, and make publicly available, the vast records destroyed during Civil War
Worldwide interest expected as 19th-century Irish census records recovered and put online
Almost all 19th-century census records were destroyed but some have been recovered as part of the Virtual Treasury project
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to deliver annual Michael Collins address at Béal na Bláth
Event will take place on August 24th
President Michael D Higgins leads tribute to 1916 leaders at annual State Commemoration
The President was joined by Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Simon Harris at the Arbour Hill commemoration
Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill: Fulfilling the dream of a veteran of the old IRA
A tape recording from 1984 revealed an elderly republican’s ambition to publish his life story - four decades on, it has finally come to pass
Ministerial overload isn’t going to solve our problems. Neither is Civil Service squeeze
Enduring power of ‘permanent government’ - the Civil Service - may explain why only ex-ministers speak frankly after leaving government
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