The man who fought for three armies: British, IRA and Free State
Martin Doyle was a Victoria Cross winner who quit to join the national struggle
The Irish Times view on the Museum of Literature Ireland: a well-merited honour
James Joyce was unafraid of exile, even embracing the heroic outsider status he felt his rejection of Ireland bestowed on him
All Blacks visit WW1 Hauntings Soldier sculpture in St Stephen’s Green
World Cup winner Sam Whitelock says rugby ‘is only a game’ compared to war
Legal profession honours members of the Bar killed in the first World War
Tom Kettle and Willie Redmond among 26 barristers who died in WW1
Ireland’s first World War veterans: Shunned, ostracised, murdered
Hundreds of thousands of Irish soldiers returned home to a largely hostile country
In victory and then in defeat
New exhibition on Irish soldiers who fought at Messines and on Western Front
Stephen Collins: Donnelly move shows futility of being an Independent
‘Oppositionist’ TDs are in electoral danger if they get serious about trying to govern
Stephen Collins: We need to realise Tories will do Brexit the hard way
Conservative Party conference justified ‘the stupid party’ tag coined in Victorian times
Tom Kettle: In memory, 100 years after death at the Somme
‘Tom Kettle was a truly great Irishman of whom we should all be immensely proud’
Tom Kettle and the ‘foolish dead’ who perished in foreign wars
Kettle died to liberate France which has long been an inspiration for Irish republicans
Lt Tom Kettle recalled 100 years after death at Battle of Ginchy
Kettle killed leading B Company, 9th Royal Dublin Fusiliers; 300 Irish killed in the battle
French village remembers the Irish who came as liberators
Some 1,200 men from 16th (Irish) Division were killed at Guillemont and Ginchy
Irish Church leaders call for joint commemoration of the 1916 Rising and the Somme
‘Members of our traditions tend to simply choose one single narrative about this centenary year’
Leaders unite for 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme
David Cameron, François Hollande, Michael D Higgins and Prince Charles lead tributes
Green and white armies
This summer tens of thousands of fans from both parts of Ireland will journey to France for a joyous festival of football. Many will be oblivious to the fact that the last time there was such a gathering of Irish in France was exactly 100 years ago
Economist Brendan Walsh inspired generations of students
Brendan Walsh was a sharp analyst of Irish economics and society
Stephen Collins: A day to celebrate Irish democracy
Without good people stepping forward for election our democracy would wither and die
State announces Battle of the Somme centenary programme
Taoiseach says Irish dead of the battle was ‘a loss that has transcended generations’
Irish poets in time of war: the battle to be heard
Gerald Dawe discusses some of the background to his new book, Of War and War’s Alarms: Reflections on Modern Irish Writing
The first World War: “Never such innocence again”
The Great War transformed our understanding of war, forcing writers to describe the world in new ways, and in a new language
First World War through prism of political allegiance
The new republic cold-shouldered the Irish soldiers who fought in the first World War, while Ulster mythologised them for its own ends
British ambassador praises spirit of first World War commemoration
Dominick Chilcott says remembrance should be true to the vision of poet Tom Kettle
Tricolour and Union Jack fly side by side in Windsor
The President’s visit has started in a blaze of tributes and pageantry
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