Special supplements marking the decade of centenaries 1912-1923
How women won the vote
In 1922 the Irish Free State introduced full suffrage for all men and women. This was the culmination of decades of campaigning for women’s rights.
Locked Out - 1913
The 1913 Lockout was one of the bitterest labour disputes in Irish history and left a last legacy.
Stories from the revolution 1912-'23
Ordinary people found themselves embroiled on all sides of the various conflicts of this decade in extraordinary ways. These are some of their stories...
Stories of the Rising, War of Independence, Civil War
The release of the military pensions archives has brought the personal stories of the revolutionary generation to life.
Countdown to war
The first World War was "the first calamity of the 20th Century, the calamity from which all other calamities sprang." How did it happen?
Never such innocence again
Writers and the first World War
'Too much to hope' - Ireland's war
In many respects it was “our war”. How Ireland was drawn in and what the 210,00 Irishmen who fought experienced...
