Signed draft of Irish Constitution for sale as part of Seán MacEntee auction
Libraries of Conor Cruise O’Brien and Máire Mhac an tSaoi also included in sale this week
Centenary of turning point in Irish history to be marked
1922 World Congress of the Irish Race announced the Free State to the world
Dublin to host St Brigid’s Day events, celebrating the original Brigit
Tuesday’s celebrations include tours, lectures and a concert - but no bank holiday yet
Semple Stadium goes down sponsorship road but is the field getting too crowded?
Hanging on to the name of your stadium may become the best way of standing out from the crowd
One-way graphic – Frank McNally on the south-facing statues of Dublin’s main street
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Deirdre of the sorrows: Fianna Fáil election video is excruciating. Is that the point?
Deirdre Conroy’s video plea to Dublin Bay South voters has to be seen to be regretted
Treaty details signal the end of unity in Cumann na mBan
Majority of women in the organisation voted in February 1922 to reject the terms offered as did the six women TDs in Dáil
Women of the Treaty: On hand to record the making of history
Michael Collins’s typists, Arthur Griffith’s secretary and a Sinn Féin press officer
Sotheby’s sale to feature further items from Michael Smurfit collection
Fine Art & Antiques auction results
Lynch Law – Frank McNally on the ‘mysterious’ death of a Limerick republican, 100 years ago this week
An Irishman’s Diary
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises
Fears for fate of The O’Rahilly house at Dublin's Herbert Park
Grandson of 1916 Rising leader seeks preservation of house amid apartment plans
James Ryan happy to exercise his rights on the pitch
Election takes a back seat for squad as Ireland focus on overcoming Welsh challenge
Cumann feel the noise: This week’s best theatre
The Roaring Banshees is a counter-factual history of feminist discontents with the Free State
Church of Ireland marks 150 years since end of role as state church
A unique institution continues to accommodate those people of divergent political views
Commemorative plaque unveiled on 1916 home of Constance Markievicz
Rathmines house ‘more of an army HQ than a home’
Trad group Dervish’s 30th anniversary to be marked by council
The musicians are to be given a special reception by Sligo County Council
Countess Markievicz: From privilege to revolution – A comic by Dearbhla Kelly
Constance Markievicz swapped privilege for a life of rebellion, revolution and politics
Children’s books: what were the standout titles of the year?
Peter Donnelly’s ‘The President’s Cat’, Louise O’Neill’s ‘The Surface Breaks’ and more
Sending Up The Republic – Frank McNally on a forgotten satirist of Irish independence, Eimar O’Duffy
An Irishman’s Diary
Miriam Lord: Brexit's procession leaves everyone hopping mad
Meanwhile, Catherine Martin shows she has the Commons touch during historic speech
Last Post – Frank McNally on Seumas O’Kelly, writer, journalist, and victim of the 1918 Armistice
An Irishman’s Diary
Geraldine Kennedy: Papal visits underline Ireland’s progress
For many reasons we are not the same people visited by John Paul II in 1979
Miriam Lord: Why I am running for President
Plus: ‘Make Ireland late again’ – Why I’m running for office of Uachtaráin na hÉireann
Constance Markievicz to be formally recognised as Westminster’s first female MP
Vótáil 100 committee travels to present portrait of revolutionary to House of Commons
Artwork marking 100 years of Dáil Eireann to be commissioned
Oireachtas proposes paintings of women members of Dáil and Seanad
The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock: Lockout review – Key moment in Irish history set to music
For this ‘concept album’ about the 1913 Lockout, the Dublin band have gone political and expanded to an 18-piece ‘electric guitar orchestra’. The result is an electrifying musical
St Patrick’s Day events set to feel the force of wintry weather
There will be 150 parades across the country this year, despite the predicted cold
‘Is opera an Irish artform? Of course it is’
Opera is becoming ‘sexy again’ and Irish National Opera aims to capitalise on the new interest by bringing opera to the people
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