The German Club NYC. August 24th, 1914 - Just 2 years before the rising. World War I rages on and German Officials are ...

the impact of the Irish Revolution (1916-1923)—like other sweeping historical events—is discerned not merely through military engagements and political drama. There also is significance to be found in ...

Dublin Ireland. April 24th 1916. The seeds of a rebellion have been planted and revolution is on the horizon. It starts early ...

Hundreds of people gathered at the Muintir na Tíre Hall in Milltown on Saturday evening to celebrate the life and times of a local man who made a major contribution to the campaign for Irish ...

Long-standing Irish jokes about being the 51st state ... three-quarters of which have maintained an uneasy independence for the last century, suddenly seemed in doubt. That’s the context ...

It was an “unspeakable war,” wrote one journalist, and “a story that nobody dared to tell.” But contrary to popular assumption, the tragic Irish Civil War of 1922-1923—a wrenching, destructive run-up ...

Discover the untold story of the woman who defied empires and remained an unyielding champion of Irish independence. At first, Máire was educated privately at home and afterward at a convent school.

Laois historian Cormac Moore officially launched his new book 'Laois The Irish Revolution, 1912-23' in Portlaoise library on ...

Constance Markievicz, who fought in the 1916 Easter Rebellion for independence and was the first minister of labour in the Irish Free State, maintained that blue was “the old colour of Ireland.” ...