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Today marks the 80th anniversary of the inaugural meeting of the Free StateParliament in Leinster House on December 6th, 1922…
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the inaugural meeting of the Free StateParliament in Leinster House on December 6th, 1922…
The people of Ireland do not constitute an Irish nation today, any more than they did in 1916, writes Dennis Kennedy
In a sense, Dublin never quite seceded from the British empire, but seems to gaze forlornly across the Irish Sea, writes JOHN…
While the First Minister declared it a ‘must-see’, it remains to be seen if the attraction will last, writes FINOLA MEREDITH…
My grandfather's time in the GPO was part of a lifelong struggle, writes Eoin Ryan.
Home Rule would have made us dependent; we got out from under British rule just in time, writes Garret FitzGerald.
It was essentially nascent fascist sentiments which drove the leaders of the 1916 Rising, writes Lord Laird.
THE NOTION that the nationalist community in Belfast during the 1920s was subjected to a pogrom does not stand up, it was argued…
COMMEMORATIONS: THERE DOES not have to be a consensus about historical commemorations, Prof Diarmaid Ferriter told the Burren…
THE OPPORTUNITY to foster reconciliation and deepen mutual understanding provided by the current decade of centenaries should…
COBH: LOCALS IN Cobh, Co Cork, placed 1,517 white roses in the sea yesterday in memory of the passengers and crew who perished…
THE MOOD turned solemn in Belfast at the weekend as the city remembered the human cost of the Titanic sinking.
A minute's silence was held today as a memorial was opened in Belfast marking the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic.
THE WRAPS came off a Co Mayo community’s most closely guarded secret yesterday when a 76ft model of the Titanic was launched …
THE DECISIVE impact of the third Home Rule Bill on the history of Ireland over the past century was the theme of the first official…
A MAYO community that lost the cream of its youth in the Titanic tragedy brought their departure from the village vividly back…
THE FIRST World War represents the worst Irish death toll from a single event since the Famine, making it imperative that its…
With much of Belfast’s ‘Titanic’ celebrations focusing on the ship, Philip Hammond has composed a moving musical tribute to the…
THE ULSTER unionist campaign against the 1912 Home Rule Bill led by Lord Edward Carson served the interests of violent republicanism…
IT’S NOT often you have a dinner at which 70 guests use more than 840 glasses.
THE LOGIC that underpins the Belfast Agreement, the principle of consent, requires us to re-examine historical assumptions about…
COMMEMORATIONS can help shape our collective political, social and cultural conscience and may be a source of healing and learning…
OPINION: CONCERN HAS been expressed recently that the coming decade of centenary celebrations could lead to great controversy…
UNIONIST AND nationalist politicians, tourism chiefs and community relations personnel are among a diverse group charged with…
A DECADE of commemoration will begin in the year ahead as ceremonies are held to mark the momentous events that changed the face…
OPINION: NEXT TUESDAY marks the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on December 6th, 1921
OPINION: Home Rule and the Dublin Lockout should be commemorated as well as the Rising
With such a long tradition of complex and contradictory responses to the 1916 Easter Rising, there’s no reason to expect the …
When a Fianna Fáil Minister, Brian Lenihan, speaks tomorrow at Béal na mBláth on the anniversary of Michael Collins’s death, …
HISTORY: Dublin 1916: The Siege of the GPO By Clair Wills Profile Books 299pp £14.99
In 1966, the golden jubilee of the Easter Rising, Telefís Éireann broadcast a series of 21 lectures on the history of Ireland…
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