Richard Mulcahy

Greatly outnumbered by the crown forces when it came to firepower, the IRA was forced to capture, steal and smuggle weapons

How did the untrained, poorly armed IRA succeed against the superior British forces?

The Wicklow files: Free State government had little to pin on high-profile anti-Treaty leader but was desperate to get rid of him

The Dublin files: Those who fought in the Rising, and their families, struggled to get a military pension

The Limerick files: Robert Byrnes was the first IRA volunteer killed in the War of Independence

Criticism by defence forces personnel of Paul Kehoe has increased markedly in recent months

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

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

Obituary: Liam Cosgrave was first elected to the Dáil at the age of 23

Political solution needed as building industry cannot solve permanent emergency

An Irish republic was slogan used to gainsupport abroad, says historian David Fitzpatrick

National programme funded by U2 changes how we teach music

Lover of motorbikes raced about directing guerrilla-style operations during the Rising

Commemorating Rising should not be at the cost of amnesia about the failure of its ideals

The situation today is not dissimilar to 1948 and if parties compromise, a deal is possible

Analysis: Everyone who has been elected should play part in shaping the future Dáil

Shirt and belt of the Army Comrades’ Association estimated at €1,000-€1,500

Wales village became home to 1,800 republican prisoners following events of 1916

Niall Moyna, a leading sports scientist and GAA coach, is changing thinking on how we should play and exercise

Use of violence in Rising did not meet a criterion for just war, says former taoiseach

Much blame for the failed 1922 IRA offensive in the North was pinned on Aiken, but the author of a new book focuses on Richard Mulcahy and Eoin O’Duffy. Was the offensive simply to buy time before confronting the anti-Treaty IRA, and of decimating a now inconvenient IRA in the North?

Several hundred gather at annual Michael Collins commemoration in Béal na Bláth

Military Service Pensions Collection published online

At centenary commemoration Higgins praises self-sacrifice of Irish Volunteers

President Michael D Higgins pays tribute to self-sacrifice of those who signed up

The Irish Volunteers formed a century ago to support Home Rule in the face of UVF opposition. But what, precisely, they achieved before the disastrous treaty split that led to civil war is a contentious question

MICHAEL KENNEDY reviews My Father, The Genral by Ristéard Mulcahy, Liberties Oress, 283pp €17.99

Aspiring heroes should be advised that an early grave is always helpful for the creation of a posthumous reputation