Organised by a seven-man Military Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Rising began on Easter Monday, 24 April 1916 and lasted for six days.
Joseph Mary Plunkett (Irish: Sesamh Máire Pluincéid) was an Irish nationalist, republican, poet, journalist, revolutionary and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising
In 1974 local farmers digging a well near the Chinese city of Xian came across one of the greatest archaeological discoveries ever made
In March 2003, in a bog on the border of Meath and Offaly, in a place called Clonycavan, a body emerged from the peat beneath the shovel of a cutting machine.
The infamous and notorious Black and Tans will not be forgotten in Irish history.
Gaelic treasure
Wokeness is ultimately an attitude. It is reflected in the perpetual disappointment that our leaders appear to feel towards the people they govern.
St Patrick is now one of the world’s best known Catholic figures
Yes, the media will grab the label ‘far-right’ from the top drawer, give it a good polish and slap it on any vote that does not go their way.
22 other young men joined the hunger strike and 10 men died.
The obvious question is whether artists who travel to Texas to attend a festival are entitled to taxpayer funding for their flights and accommodation when they then decide not to bother playing at the event – the whole reason we were funding them to go in the first place?
It all goes back to an attitude problem: Listening to many Irish politicians, you get the permanent impression that they’re entirely sick of dealing with us