Thomas Ashe’s motorbike helped achieve notable 1916 victory

Lover of motorbikes raced about directing guerrilla-style operations during the Rising

1916/2016: A day of commemoration

Those marching were much more than a romantic gesture to the past or nod to dead generations – they are an assertion of sovereignty and success as a State

Irish Volunteers 1916 stand-off in Cork to be remembered

Pipe band parade in city to mark mobilisation of 1,000 men under Tomás Mac Curtain

Joseph Plunkett’s role in Rising remembered by his school

Stonyhurst archivist seeks to explain mystery surrounding Plunkett’s part in 1916 rebellion

IRB votes to fight at ‘earliest date’; those who perished are honoured in Dublin

1916/2016: a miscellany

Tricolour from Easter Rising could sell for up to €50,000 at auction next month

Uniforms worn by British military leader who suppressed 1916 rebellion also to be sold

To stand with the Empire

John Redmond’s eve of war speech in the House of Commons turned into a gamble gone wrong, rather than a masterstroke

The legacy of the Volunteers

August 17th, 1914

FROM THE ARCHIVES: John Redmond, the leader of the Irish Party, addressed a 2,000 strong assembly of Irish Volunteers, some …

December 7th 1914

FROM THE ARCHIVES: At the beginning of December 1914, the British authorities in Ireland banned a number of publications including…

Volunteers divided over response to war

September 1st 1914. THE START of the first World War in August 1914 exposed deep divisions among nationalists, not least among…

Gaelic League disputes assertion it is 'dangerous'

July 8th, 1918: A PROCLAMATION by the lord lieutenant, Viscount French, in July 1918 declared several organisations to be “dangerous…