Weekend GAA club previews

Ballyboden favourites to prevail in Dublin in historic year

Tipperary, 1919: The woman who hid Dan Breen after Soloheadbeg ambush

The Tipperary files: Marian Tobin cited written testimonial from both Breen in her application for a military pension

Independence might not have happened without the IRA, historian says

Martin Mansergh praises courage of the old IRA during the War of Independence

Cork considers how to remember revolutionary period

Commemoration should have particular focus on Burning of Cork, meeting hears

Down the Junction – Frank McNally on three very contrasting figures from the same corner of South Tipperary

Hogan’s Last Stand – Frank McNally on the strange disappearance of a former Free State general

An Irishman's Diary on General Dan Hogan who raised the Tricolour in Dublin Castle after handover from British rule

The Irish Times view on Soloheadbeg: a complex legacy

A centenary later there are still divided views on the shots which started the War of Independence

Soloheadbeg: ‘Wicked’ beginning of the War of Independence

The ambush in the Tipperary town left two Royal Irish Constabulary constables dead

Blow by blow: Timeline of the War of Independence

How the war began and how it progressed over the course of 1919

Eunan O’Halpin: My middle-aged, middle-class, revolutionary great-grandfather

PJ Moloney was elected for Tipperary South in the first Dáil and opposed the Treaty

The botched assassination attempt of the hated French

Volunteer Martin Savage (21) was killed when a bullet entered his neck at Ashtown in 1919

Rossport to Soloheadbeg: Vincent McGrath recalls fallen relative

‘I often heard my grandmother say she didn’t like Dan Breen because he killed her uncle’

Soloheadbeg ambush: what really happened in January 1919?

‘It was accidental and should not have happened,’ says Seumas Robinson’s daughter

War of Independence seen as Catholic war on Protestants

Rite & Reason: Nationalist Ireland almost universally condemned the Soloheadbeg killings as murder

Fintan O’Toole: The first murky, inglorious shots of the War of Independence

The Soloheadbeg ambush of 1919 was as much a strike at Sinn Féin as at Britain

Soloheadbeg group says decision by President Higgins not to attend ‘a missed opportunity’

Killing of two policemen in ambush started War of Independence and remains controversial

Áras silent on Higgins turning down centenary invitation

President not to attend Soloheadbeg event to mark IRA attack on Royal Irish Constabulary

Armistice Day commemorations a source of tension in the Free State era

Royal British Legion warned any flying of Union flag would be regarded as provocation

Flashpoints imminent in Ireland’s decade of centenaries

Soloheadbeg ambush in January 1919 among most controversial episodes in period

A ‘céad míle fáilte’ to the heir of the British throne

Prince Charles and Camilla impress assembled guests with their interest in Cork people

Viking houses from 1070 found in Cork dig at former Beamish & Crawford brewery

Archeologist says city as old as Waterford but Norsemen landed on Suirside earlier

Civil War executions among files released by pensions archive

Latest tranche includes documents on a 10-year-old combatant in the conflict

Woman who sheltered Dan Breen granted pension 32 years later

Marian Tobin provided safe house following ambush which started War of Independence

Code-cracker supreme – An Irishman’s Diary about the Limerick-born librarian whose cryptoanalysis helped defeat the Nazis

Thurles Sarsfields claim fourth straight county crown

Impressive Sars have far too much firepower for poor Borris-Ileigh at Semple Stadium

Cork’s Jewish community commemorated in new exhibition

‘Small communities can remain true to traditions and play a full part in the life of a city’

Obituary: Rena Dardis

Book publisher who founded Anvil Press and The Children’s Press

Sisters in Arms – An Irishman’s Diary about sibling rivalry in Ireland’s revolutionary years

Patience and hard work paying dividends for Brendan Harrison

It’s been a crowded, lonely, brilliant road to the top for Mayo’s All Star defender

Thurles Sarsfields looking forward to showing off their wares

Winning a provincial title would be a fitting tribute to those the Thurles club have lost

More desolation than anger among Tipperary Fine Gael faithful

In a constituency where Fine Gael suffered, many are resigned to a coalition future

Revolution to be digitised as 10m documents to go online

Files relate to actions of 80,000 during Rising, War of Independence and Civil War

Stories of the Revolution: Dan Breen’s battle with bureaucracy

Following War of Independence and Civil War, Breen fought for decades for pension

America at Large: Fenway Park steeped in Ireland’s own troubled past

Dublin and Galway hurlers have lot of history to live up to in November

Hearts of stone in Ireland’s civil war

During the Irish Civil War the National Army executed more Irishmen than the British had during the War of Independence. In an extract from his new book Diarmaid Ferriter documents this ruthless military strategy

Eamon O’Shea interview: ‘I won’t look at my team, knowing the work they do, and say that they have failed’

Tipperary manager believes essence of life is to ‘keep on and be better’ – it’s an attitude he brings to hurling too

Jackie Healy-Rae funeral: hundreds gather in Kilgarvan

Politicians, family and constituents pay respects to colourful Kerry South TD

Press played pivotal role in War of Independence

In light of Gerry Adams’s comments, it is worth recalling part newspapers played in conflict

Obituary: Politician who was committed to his native Limerick

Peadar Clohessy

New archive tells stories of ordinary volunteers in Easter Rising

Military Service Pensions Collection published online

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