Event led by colour parties with men in paramilitary garb and marching bands
This newspaper dismissed Edward Keegan when he left his desk to fight in the Easter Rising. Now, to honour him, it has bought his 1916 medal to put on permanent display
Artist David Rooney explains the poster published with this weekend’s ‘Irish Times’
Aligning association with separatist tradition jars with a more complex historical reality
A recently published CSO survey paints a vivid picture of the cost of living in the country a century ago. Overall, today’s consumers have it much better than those of yesteryear
Gerald Neilan was the first British officer to die in the Easter Rising
‘How Green was My Valley’ was the famous 1951 film that won five Oscars for John Ford: but it also contained a more fascinating story of how two of its actors had fought on opposite sides of the Rising
Three writers remember three women – George O’Brien his grandaunt Greta Comerford, Roddy Doyle his grandaunt Una Brennan and Colm Tóibín his neighbour Marion Stokes
As Casement faced trial for treason in 1916, Shaw wrote a speech that he was convinced could turn the trial into a national drama, and save Casement from the scaffold
Is this like your Fourth of July, or Bastille Day? Did the rebels really think they could win?
The golden jubilee commemorations were dominated by veterans, the Catholic Church was prominent and some guests were locked out
The Irish Times’s ‘1916 and Me’ project invited readers to share their feelings about the Easter Rising. Here is a selection from students at primary, secondary and third level
Today's Irish Times newspaper is a souvenir edition of a 1916 paper that reported the Rising in microscopic detail – and carried some curious advertisements
Negative impact of executions created great public rising, says great grandson
After a chaotic week, British commander Maxwell proceeds, against advice, with executions. Confusion over who is to die causes upset, and some sentences are meted out arbitrarily
On the last day of the 1916 Rising, the rebels are forced to surrender unconditionally and brought to Richmond Barracks, where the leaders are identified
As British forces storm O’Connell Street, Patrick Pearse orders rebels to evacuate
As Trinity College became a barracks, fire wiped out the east side of O’Connell Street
Mount Street battle erupts, an engagement in which 230 killed or wounded
On the second day of the Easter Rising, soldiers poured into Dublin, and martial law was declared
