Ceremony recalls handing over of seat of British military power in Ireland
The Curragh was the largest British military barracks in Ireland in 1922
Erskine Childers: a strange mix of a British imperialist and an Irish republican
By the time he died at the age of 52, Childers had made powerful enemies in the pro-Treaty side
Erskine Childers: a strange mix of a British imperialist and an Irish republican
Childers made powerful enemies on the pro-Treaty side of the Civil War
Glanleam House: A sub-tropical paradise retreat on Valentia Island
House and gardens run as B&B with three self-catering houses to rent on the estate
Women of the Treaty: On hand to record the making of history
Michael Collins’s typists, Arthur Griffith’s secretary and a Sinn Féin press officer
Mother of Irish man held in China ‘terribly disappointed with Government’
Catherine O’Halloran believes State has done ‘little’ in trying to free her deteriorating son
Bloody Sunday 1920: Michael Hogan’s family’s second tragedy
The family of Bloody Sunday’s best known victim experienced another tragedy 21 years later
Art trove built from bricks and mortar on the block
Irish paintings and fine furniture collected over decades by late property develop Patrick Kelly set for London sale
Fintan O'Toole: Why do we fear the ghosts of dead policemen?
Are Ireland’s wars truly over? For some people, there is still a hierarchy of victims
Woman who reported atrocities by Black and Tans denied pension and medal
Kathleen Mary Napoli was so trusted during the War of Independence that she accompanied the treaty delegation to London
Hogan’s Last Stand – Frank McNally on the strange disappearance of a former Free State general
An Irishman's Diary on General Dan Hogan who raised the Tricolour in Dublin Castle after handover from British rule
Ugly, dated Dublin: Learning to love our concrete jungle
Ellen Rowley is rediscovering the beauty of some of the city’s once-disliked buildings
UL students may have got wrong exam results, PAC hears
Unpublished report highlighted concerns over university’s student records system
A man for all treasons – Frank McNally on a new book about Ernest Blythe: republican, fascist, and Orangeman
An Irishman’s Diary
Armada table sails past guide prices to sell at auction for €360,000
Auctioneer says piece bought by private buyer and will stay in Ireland
1950s Dublin: saving grand old houses from the politicians who hated them
How the Georgian Society stopped the demolition of derelict properties
Liam Cosgrave: modest, droll, pious and politically cunning
FG leader was an uncompromising and often controversial political figure
University of Limerick whistleblowers ‘very genuine’, says Bruton
Offer of severance packages to two whistleblowers among ‘issues that have be reviewed’
Archives reveal recurrent nature of Ireland’s housing crises
Exhibition House and Home is a necessary resource for those interested in current issues
Editor’s Choice: 15 highlights of 2016
Irish Times editor Kevin O’Sullivan recommends some of the many notable stories that resonated with readers in 2016
Inside the GPO in 1916: Desmond FitzGerald’s eyewitness account
First published 50 years ago, this first-hand account by the father of the future taoiseach Garret FitzGerald created a storm by claiming that the rebel leaders sympathetically discussed the likelihood of the Germans putting a prince of their own on the Irish throne
Rising interviews reveal truth behind the fiction
RTÉ releases 50 audio and visual recordings from its archives for 1916 centenary
Coalition has struck right balance on Rising centenary – Roy Foster
Historian ‘impressed by how Government’s commemorative strategies have worked’
Night falls on Glin Castle in Limerick after 700 years
Glin Castle – ancestral home of the FitzGerald clan – is one of the last great Irish castles
Exiled treasures go on display at Chicago Art Institute
A new exhibition in the US celebrates Irish art of the ‘long’ 18th century – and shows how much of our heritage has been lost to the country
Irish prime minister travels to US, rides horses, helps rescue crash victims
Government Ministers are packing their bags for the annual St Patrick’s Day global lovebombing. But it was a novel idea when WT Cosgrave visited North America in 1928
Bruton opens up differences with Kenny on 1916
Use of violence in Rising did not meet a criterion for just war, says former taoiseach
The liberal intellectuals behind Irish independence: Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890-1923
Review: the military male perspective of the Rising is well-documented but there is another story
Hillside hermitages win Irish architecture’s highest accolade
The RIAI has awarded its Gold Medal for the exquisite retreat cabins designed by Bates Maher – a now disbanded practice – for the Rosminian order at Glencomeragh House, in Co Tipperary
Salesmann, accomplished illustrator and leading motor-bike scrambler
Simon Campbell - Born: August 28th, 1914; Died: August 27th, 2013
Ezra Pound’s transatlantic poet’s society
US poet Ezra Pound, celebrated at a conference at Trinity, had close links with Irish writers and politicians and became Joyce’s unpaid agent
Rising and early independence brought prosperity
Home Rule would have made us dependent; we got out from under British rule just in time, writes Garret FitzGerald.
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