3,200 national flags distributed to schools since September by Defence Forces members
Some 25,000 gathered for the race that coincided with the start of the Easter Rising
Proclamation Day gives students the opportunity to reflect on and reimagine what it means to be Irish in 2016
1916/2016 – a miscellany
As the last man co-opted onto the military council, it is wrongly assumed that Thomas MacDonagh knew nothing of the Rising until a few weeks beforehand
The coverage of the Rising in Irish newspapers was largelyshaped by their ideological positions on Irish nationalism
Ceannt is traditionally seen as one of the more shadowy figures of 1916. But primary sources reveal much about the man
Connolly’s tragedy was that his vision of a workers’ republic largely died with him in 1916, as the new independent Ireland became shaped by nationalist and conservative forces
Some of the men executed were almost peripheral to the Rising
Irish Republican Brotherhood militants were a diehard lot motivated by heroic failure and blood sacrifice
The man who played a key role in organising the Rising was eclipsed for many years
A poet, playwright, journalist and teacher, Pearse had gained a degree of public prominence years before entering the GPO
Seán MacDiarmada was a professional republican for his entire adult life, and his unswerving determination to take up arms against the British led to his being one of the first names on the Proclamation
The story of Joseph Plunkett and Grace Gifford’s marriage in Kilmainham jail, hours before his execution, still captures the imagination of many
1916/2016: a miscellany
Only surviving child of executed Easter Rising leader to receive award in Hong Kong
Papers released by Lissadell House owners reveal jailed Countess at lowest ebb in 1916
1916/2016 A miscellany
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