War of Independence seen as Catholic war on Protestants
Rite & Reason: Nationalist Ireland almost universally condemned the Soloheadbeg killings as murder
Diarmaid Ferriter: Roots of Dáil’s ideological sameness run deep
The first Dáil and its successors remained wedded to a conservative model of politics
Sinn Féin and the conscription crisis
For the newly-galvanised party, 1918 was characterised by protest, piety, propaganda, prison and ultimately political triumph
Lest we forget: commemorating the events of 1918
The pivotal place of 1918 in European and Irish history will make 2018 a busy centenary
Constance Markievicz to belatedly enter House of Commons
To mark women’s franchise, portrait will be given to parliament she refused to attend
How Irish politicians transformed Britain when previously holding balance of power
Deal between Tories and the DUP is first time since 1910 that such an arrangement exists
Michael Collins and my grandfather: A meeting in Leitrim
Police records reveal a McGreevy family connection to the ‘Big Fellow’ in 1917
The Thomas Clarke papers: An impish wit who fretted about money
Thomas J Clarke, whose name appeared first among those of the signatories to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, was an unbending Fenian – and a mordant, impish wit
The James Connolly papers: ‘Wasn’t it a full life? Isn’t this a good end?
‘Well, Lillie, hasn’t it been a full life and isn’t this a good end?’ the signatory to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic told his wife just before he was executed, in 1916
Reimagining the Irish revolutionary decade
Opinion: We need to focus on those Redmond viewed as unthinking blackguards
From brink of civil war
As the Third Home Rule Bill made it way through parliament in London, Ulster Protestants were spooked and formed the UVF to fight in the event of British MP’s electing to support the bill
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