The Battle of the Somme
On 1 July 1916, the Battle of the Somme began with the expectation of bringing the First World War to an end. It became a…
On 1 July 1916, the Battle of the Somme began with the expectation of bringing the First World War to an end. It became a…
On 10 October 1918, the RMS Leinster set sail from Carlisle Pier, Kingstown (now called Dún Laoghaire) in County Dublin bound for Holyhead in Wales….
The Irish War of Independence occurred between 1919 – 1921. In December of 1921, the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the Irish and British…
POBLACHT NA hÉIREANN THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND IRISHMEN AND IRISHWOMEN: In the name of God and of…
The 1916 Uprising occurred on Easter Monday in Ireland lasting 6 days with over 12,000 British troops surrounding Dublin and the Irish republican leaders surrendering…
Seán MacDiarmada (also known as Seán MacDermott / John MacDermott) was a leading Irish republican who was involved with promoting the Irish language, the Gaelic…
Thomas MacDonagh was a teacher, a playwright, and a member of the provisional government that declared the Proclamation of the Irish Republic in 1916. Born…
Joseph Plunkett was born into a wealthy Catholic family in the city of Dublin. In his early years, Joseph contracted tuberculosis and although he was…
Thomas Clarke was a leading member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and main planner of the 1916 Easter Rising alongside Seán MacDiarmada. Thomas James Clarke was…
Éamonn Ceannt was a leading Irish nationalist who helped with the revival of the Irish culture and also became involved with the planning of the…
Patrick Pearse was born in Dublin on 10th November 1879 and whose full name is Patrick Henry Pearse or as probably preferred in Irish Pádraic…
James Connolly was born in Edinburgh’s Cowgate area in the parish of St. Patrick’s, on the 5th June 1868. His parents, John and Mary were…
In the early years of the 20th century, the international scene was one of national and empirical tensions. The great powers of France, Germany, Russia,…
After the Parnell debacle of 1890, Irish nationalism, as a movement, was weakened by the lack of coherent leadership. It was a kaleidoscope of disparate…
The Countess Constance Markievicz is an iconic figure in Irish nationalist and republican myth. She was born into a wealthy Protestant Anglo-Irish family, the Gore-Booths,…
By the early 1900’s more and more nationalist groups appeared in Ireland inspired by the Irish cultural rival of the late 1800s and the thought…