We published six stories about the former Beatle, including the appreciation reproduced here

King George V opened the Northern Parliament on this day 100 years ago, drawing huge crowds onto the streets

‘Before the troops came down they just fired away without any regard for our safety’

The passenger liner was torpedoed on this day in 1915 off Ireland’s southern coast

‘The Roman Catholic Church would seem to be the effective Government of this country’

In 1880, William Davidson was found not guilty of the murder of his stepfather

In 1865, Lieutenant Clutterbuck hired a man to take him shooting on the River Brosna. He never returned to the barracks

Reports detailed devastation faced by residents in days after December 11th-12th, 1920

Drink, temperance and Sunday closing: Attempts to root out Ireland’s ‘degrading vice’

Irresponsible youths used darkness as an opportunity for buffoonery and unseemly antics

In 1864, years after losing his hand in an accident, Bernard Cangley visited his former boss

‘Time has given the mere Irish their revenge . . . of hue she approaches our decent Irish letterbox’

150 years ago, Patrick Dunne’s ‘dying declaration’ helped convict his neighbours of his murder

An Irish Times article from 1981 stated ‘drink and the Irish go together like gin and tonic’

From the archive: The destruction of Irish country houses, or Big Houses, between 1919 and 1923 saw about 275 houses destroyed

How Mother’s Day become mainstream ‘as appreciation of all the unselfish service’

Irish newspapers have been covering the devastating effects of disease for centuries

The Irish Times covered war abroad and a ‘hare-brained’ balloon ride

From the archive: ‘Mr Yeats was enjoying the satisfaction of recognition in his own lifetime’

On this day, 1939: Crime at home, ‘wave of terrorism’ abroad and lots of classifieds