Irish culture’s remarkable response to the political turmoil from 1891 to 1922
Irish art during the period both mirrored and shaped events in the political sphere
Despair, defiance and democracy: Ireland in 1922
Part of the challenge of this year’s centenary is to confront the silences around 1922
Centuries of documents burned in the Four Courts in 1922. Now they’re being recreated
Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland follows a global effort to recover destroyed items
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World records for Clarke’s Bluebeard’s Last Wife and Hone’s Composition
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‘Shouting’ described as one of artist’s greatest achievements ahead of Whyte’s auction
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Negotiations behind the foundation of the Irish State are staged at the NCH
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The Man Who Painted Ireland examines the life of ‘underappreciated’ artist
Rare Harry Clarke work in one of three fine art auctions
Whyte’s, Adam’s and de Vere’s show sought-after works in March auctions
Ardal O’Hanlon on his grandfather’s Bloody Sunday role: ‘He was one of the good guys’
‘Thanks to people like him, people like me don’t have to make such difficult decisions’
Developer’s taste in art and architecture drives sale of Dublin home and contents
Patrick Kelly’s Fitzwilliam Square Georgian finds a buyer while artworks secure €3.77m
Seán Hillen: ‘The oxygen of publicity is everything for an artist’
The artist on cameras, John Hinde postcards and Newry during the Troubles
Diarmaid Ferriter: It’s still hard to rise above the emotion of the War of Independence
It invokes such partiality that, 100 years later, untangling its knotted legacy is not easy
Louise Ryan: Battles on the ‘home front’
Women proved easy targets for the Black and Tans and were regularly terrorised in their homes by threatening, abusive and drunk soldiers
From Turmoil to Truce: A mature reflection on the War of Independence
National Library exhibition makes space for civilian experience of intense conflict
Going, going, gone: the top art and furniture sales of 2019
From Chinese ‘sleepers’ to a record Yeats, it has been a busy year in Irish auction rooms
Sotheby’s €3.4m sale sets new records for Irish artists
Jack B Yeats paintings also perform well; 34 of his works are set to make auction debut
Jack B Yeats: More than 30 works to go on display ahead of RDS sale
Collection held by Ernie O’Malley to be sold, as de Vere’s also hold major Irish art sale
Magic carpet result in London, Cartier gems in Clontarf
Ming vase fetched €610,000 at Sheppard’s sale – almost €500,000 over estimate
Chinese box sells for ten times estimate in busy auction week
Recent results and forthcoming auctions and fairs
Rare Irish silver, gold teeth and Jack B Yeats paintings: November auction rooms
Results and forthcoming auctions and fairs
Swanzy’s cubist art, birds of prey and antlers: what sold in the auction rooms
Results and forthcoming auctions and fairs
Bumper crop of paintings by Jack B Yeats in autumn sales
Sales in London and Dublin include 11 paintings, some bought directly from Yeats
Monaghan, 1920: Deadly raid brought Eoin O’Duffy to prominence
The Revolution Files: O’Duffy went on to become IRA Chief of Staff, Garda commissioner and founder of the Blueshirts
United Ireland: De Valera’s secret plan for unification
The taoiseach wanted to bring Ireland into the Commonwealth with the queen as its head
Quiet Man director’s love for Maureen O’Hara revealed in letter
‘Oh Maureen, my darling, I love you so much! Your face is in my dreams,’ wrote John Ford
Newly-released files ‘provides window into every parish in the country’
Brigade activity reports (BAR) list every action carried out during the Irish Revolution
Brothers in arms – the tangled tale of two Dublin siblings during Ireland’s revolutionary years
Frank McNally – An Irishman’s Diary
Michael Collins and my grandfather: A meeting in Leitrim
Police records reveal a McGreevy family connection to the ‘Big Fellow’ in 1917
Easter Rising – Day 2: A baptism of unremitting fire
On the second day of the Easter Rising, soldiers poured into Dublin, and martial law was declared
Peter Charleton: National Archives permits us to learn from mistakes
National Archives ensures this country will have a history that calls the State to account
Ernie O’Malley photographs published for the first time
Famous author and his wife took thousands of pictures of rural Mayo in 1930s and 1940s
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