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

The first Dáil and its successors remained wedded to a conservative model of politics

For the newly-galvanised party, 1918 was characterised by protest, piety, propaganda, prison and ultimately political triumph

The pivotal place of 1918 in European and Irish history will make 2018 a busy centenary

To mark women’s franchise, portrait will be given to parliament she refused to attend

Deal between Tories and the DUP is first time since 1910 that such an arrangement exists

Police records reveal a McGreevy family connection to the ‘Big Fellow’ in 1917

Thomas J Clarke, whose name appeared first among those of the signatories to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, was an unbending Fenian – and a mordant, impish wit

‘Well, Lillie, hasn’t it been a full life and isn’t this a good end?’ the signatory to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic told his wife just before he was executed, in 1916

Opinion: We need to focus on those Redmond viewed as unthinking blackguards

As the Third Home Rule Bill made it way through parliament in London, Ulster Protestants were spooked and formed the UVF to fight in the event of British MP’s electing to support the bill