Shamrock Lodge offers someone with deep pockets the chance to embrace country life

Counterfactual speculation about the timing of the Rising puts 1916 into its proper international context as a huge stimulus of political change in Europe and the world

Gathering looks at reception of the 1916 Rising everywhere from Iceland to China

While members were involved in the Rising, the association was a ‘broad church’

in 1966 Fr Francis Shaw castigated the idea that Irish people in 1916 had been in need of redemption by the shedding of blood

‘Commemorating events that predominantly involved men with guns is highly problematic in a society still going through a fragile process of conflict transformation’

Fortune’s Wheel tells the story of a celebrated incident in Fairview in 1951

Analysis: Above all partisan taunts, questions over Sinn Féin’s abuse record are vitally important

The days are getting shorter – but that’s good news because the nights are longer. Between now and C****tmas, there are hundreds of bands heading your way – and our gig guide will help you plan your rest-of-the-year partying

Feminism, genetics, marine science, anti-capitalism: Galway Dance Days proves that dance artists can be intellectual equals to the sciences and humanities

A letter Michael Collins wrote to Kitty Kiernan in 1922 has been donated to the National Library

In TheatreClub’s ambitious new production, a Dublin housing estate plays the role of the nation

Opinion: Theirs has been ‘a poor church for the poor’

Column: We may mark the bicentenary of the Famine knowing we are still living its demographic legacy

Historical view: Tensions between executive and judiciary are as old as the State