An Irishman’s Diary

Three civil servants produced different options for temporary ‘exclusion zone’ in 1914

Douglas Hyde, Countess Markievicz and WB Yeats signed the book, which goes on auction

Crowdsourcing scheme attracts 1,500 people to transcribe 2,400 letters – all now public

The Irish nationalist leader fought for Irish interests while also appeasing British leader Asquith

The city was beset by problems other than conflict in the run-up to the Rising, poverty and moral decay chief among them, writes Padraig Yeates

Chief Secretary to Ireland told police there must be ‘no interference’ in funeral

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