Despair, defiance and democracy: Ireland in 1922
Part of the challenge of this year’s centenary is to confront the silences around 1922
Contesting the silence: Irish language writers on the Civil War
Notable exceptions were made to widespread desire to forget conflict
Lemass did not want to be taoiseach ‘for purely selfish reasons’
Seán Lemass tapes: Still regarded as Ireland’s greatest taoiseach, Lemass missed the pleasures of cards and golf and going to race meetings
Lemass’s economic expansion policy saved Ireland
Seán Lemass tapes: 1958 plan to reverse protectionism and open Ireland up to foreign investment had a galvanising effect on the economy
Opinion: Constitutional means would not have delivered self-determination in 1916
Rising was an offshoot of the Great War
What books define Ireland for you?
A new book lists 31 definitive texts. Are the authors right? And what should be the 32nd?
An Irishman's Diary: ‘My dearest Kitty ...'
A letter Michael Collins wrote to Kitty Kiernan in 1922 has been donated to the National Library
McGahern’s works characterised by ‘revolutionary disillusionment’
Roy Foster tells seminar author’s work ‘clearly reflected’ father’s experience as a Volunteer
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