Thomas Mcdonagh
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IRA headquarters refused request to defend Ballaghaderreen
- Heritage
- October 15, 2019, 00:00
County: Roscommon Incident: Rathra ambush Date: September 2nd, 1920 Fatalities: 3 A request to defend Ballaghaderreen from the Black and Tans was ref(...)

High Court judge overturns 'racket' injury claim ruling
- Crime & Law
- August 1, 2018, 01:00
A High Court judge has awarded a total of €35,000 to three personal injury claimants whose case was earlier dismissed by a judge of the Circuit Court (...)

Destiny and the Republic: Six artists on what Ireland is now
- Visual Art
- December 20, 2016, 06:00
The Museum of August Destiny: Aideen Barry, Mark Clare, Amanda Coogan, Anthony Haughey, Dragana Jurisic and Sarah Pierce Pearse Museum, Dublin, (...)

Section of Jacob’s Easter Rising flag returned to Ireland
- Heritage
- December 11, 2016, 17:19
The largest known piece of the tricolour that hung over Jacob’s factory during the 1916 Rising was gifted to Glasnevin Cemetery on Sunday. After maki(...)

€15,000 awarded to family of man who died in car driven by drunk brother
- Circuit Court
- December 5, 2016, 18:40
The family of a man who died almost 10 years ago in a crash, when he was a passenger in a car driven by his brother, has been awarded €15,000 damages (...)

Statue of Francis Ledwidge unveiled at Richmond Barracks
- Heritage
- July 27, 2016, 15:42
Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has unveiled a statue of Francis Ledwidge in Richmond Barracks, Inchicore, where the Irish po(...)

Amhrán na bhFiann author had to sue State for royalties
- Heritage
- May 11, 2016, 01:00
Peadar Kearney, the man who wrote The Soldier’s Song and a veteran of the 1916 Easter Rising, was living in such penury in the 1920s that he was forc(...)

Bridge in Co Cork renamed in honour of Thomas Kent
- Irish News
- May 3, 2016, 07:22
The men and women of 1916 fought for a new Ireland where people could be free to make their own choices and the children of today should exercise that(...)

Signatories review: an imagined truth about key figures in the Rising
- Theatre
- April 24, 2016, 00:00
Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin ***** This production’s public birth was on the exact weekend of the Rising centenary, in the same chilling gaol where many (...)

Education system failing vision of 1916 leaders - INTO chief
- Education
- March 28, 2016, 18:47
The education system is failing to realise the vision of the 1916 leaders, Irish National Teachers Organisation president Emma Dineen said on the open(...)