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The Battle of Mount Street Bridge: Easter Rising 1916
The Battle of Mount Street Bridge is a part of the 1916 Easter Rising that is rarely mentioned. Yet this battle is surely one that should have been at the for…
Cumann na mBan: Forgotten Heroes of the Easter Rising
Women from all walks of life, all over Ireland, were just as interested in Irish Independence as their male counterparts in the Irish Volunteers, The Citizen A…
Eoin MacNeill: The Man Who Tried to Stop the Easter Rising
Eoin MacNeill was born in County Antrim on May 15, 1869, the second-youngest child in a family that consisted of five boys and three girls. His father, Archib…
Kelly and Deasy Descendants Meet on Easter Sunday 2015
For the first time in since 1867, descendants of Colonel Thomas J Kelly and Captain Timothy Deasy meet. This happened at the grave of Colonel Kelly. Erica Vei…
Leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising: Éamon de Valera
Éamon de Valera is a man that has enjoyed iconic status in the Irish history books for more reasons than being one of the Leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising. He…
The Leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising: Sir Roger Casement
Roger David Case (later known as Sir Roger Casement) was born in Doyle’s Cottage, Lawson Terrace, Sandycove, South Dublin. His father was Captain Roger Caseme…
Priceless Easter Rising Footage Made Available Online
A priceless film archive which includes extensive footage of the Easter Rising and its aftermath has been released online by British Pathé. The multimedia reso…
Michael Collins: A Young Captain in the 1916 Easter Rising
Michael Collins was the youngest son of a farmer, born in the west of the County of Cork, Ireland, in 1890. The Collins were relatively prosperous, as poor f…
Michael Collins: Saga of Heroism Against Daunting Odds
In his book Ireland – A History, Robert Kee describes Collins thus: Of all the many rebel leaders to shine out of Irish history only one stands out as a rea…
Focus On: Remembering the Easter Rising of 1916
Transcript: Interactive Discussion on Ireland's Easter Rising Quiz -- Easter Rising Leaders: Who am I? Dublin, Easter Monday, 1916: 1,700 Take On the Briti…
The Poet
On Easter Monday 1916 one of the most important events in the long, tortuous history of Ireland took place. The event, so shocking and bold, is still debated…
Leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising: Joseph Mary Plunkett
Joseph Mary Plunkett (Seosamh Máire Pluincéid) is one of the least known leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising. He is perhaps one of a the few people that Seán Mac…
Leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising: James Connolly
James Connolly (Séamas Ó Conghaile) is one of the handful of men who share the dubious honour of being placed in the iconic status categories in the Irish his…
Leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising: Patrick Pearse
Pádraig Pearse (Patrick Henry Pearse) is one only a handful of men who have enjoyed the dubious honour of becoming an iconic status in Irish History books b…
Leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising: Sean Connolly
Sean Connolly was born in Sandymount, Dublin in 1883. His family had been driven off their land during the Land League era. Connolly and all his siblings we…