On the Blanket

The H Block protest is one of the strangest and...

Wherever Green is Worn

The population of Ireland is five million, but ...

The Famine Plot

Drawing on recently uncovered sources, and with...

1916: The Mornings After

The 1916 Easter Rising and its aftermath change...

The Twelve Apostles

Ireland, 1919: When Sinn Féin proclaims Dáil Éi...

Michael Collins

When President of the Irish Republic Michael Co...

De Valera

Eamon de Valera - 'The Long Fellow' - remains a...

The Troubles

The Troubles refers to a violent thirty-year co...

1916: One Hundred Years of Irish Independence

There's before 1916 and then there's after. Bet...

1916: The Easter Rising

The Easter Rising began at 12 noon on 24 April,...

Ireland In The 20th Century

The GAA and the War of Independence

Founded in 1884 to promote Irish identity and r...