Easter Rising

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Half a copy of the 1916 Proclamation ripped from printers by British troops sells at auction for €15,000

Half of a Proclamation of Independence from 1916, ripped from the printing frame by British troops after the failure of the Easter Rising, has sold at auction for €15,000.

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Editorial Opinion In times of noise and strife, stillness is balm to the soul

Easter has long been a landmark date on Irish people’s calendars. It is a definitive turning point in the year; a time to think of gardening and the outdoors, a step up in sporting events, and perhaps taking the first trip of the year away from home.

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Gallery

Damien Dempsey: ‘There’s a lot of traumatised people about’

Damien Dempsey doesn’t care what critics think of him. “If you don’t like my music,” he laughs, “f**king listen to someone else, and f**k off.” It would be wrong, however, to get the impression that he doesn’t care in general.

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Premium

Myles Dungan: ‘The Military Service Pensions Collection is a jewel of an archive – but not for the dewy-eyed romantic’

We Irish do love to look back. You would almost think we have nothing to look forward to. From the 1920s to the 1940s that might well have been the case with rampant emigration, the cold dead hand of the Catholic Church, and uninspired legislators conspiring to strangle hope. It’s hardly the case today.

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Fearghal McGarry Opinion A century since the Treaty, it’s time to reconsider the history of transformation

From the Dáil’s ratification of the Treaty, to the outbreak of the civil war, to the dawning of a new border across the island, 1922 saw the transformation of Ireland.

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State Papers: German pistols smuggled in by Roger Casement were ‘illegally exported to US in 1990’

The government feared German pistols taken from Roger Casement after he landed in Kerry by U-boat were improperly sold in 1990 and may have been illegally exported.

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Letters to the Editor Opinion Let’s keep celebrating ancient tradition of Christmas cribs

Sir — The history of the first Christmas crib goes back a long way — as far as the year of 1223. The only historical account we have of the nativity scene comes from The Life of St Francis of Assisi by St Bonaventure, a Franciscan monk who was born five years before Francis’s death.

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Line of Duty’s Adrian Dunbar joins campaigns to restore historical Moore St 1916 sites

Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar has announced his support for a group that has been campaigning for almost 20 years to preserve historical 1916 sites on Moore St, Dublin.

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Theatre review: Compelling Easter Rising production revived online

Inside the GPO

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'This Easter will be unlike any we can remember' - President Michael D Higgins leads 1916 Rising commemorations

The Easter Sunday ceremony to mark the anniversary of the Easter Rising 1916 was different to any that have come before.

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Easter Rising play is resurrected online for sofa-bound viewers

As an Easter online event, Fishamble: The New Play Company are streaming archive footage of their 2016 ­centenary production of Colin Murphy's play ­recreating the events of the Easter Rising. Directed by Jim ­Culleton, the show was produced, as the title says, inside the GPO, performed in the elegant main public hall with the audience seated in a circle.

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President leads ceremony to mark Easter Rising anniversary

President Higgins has led a commemoration to mark the 103rd anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin.

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Gallery

President leads commemorations marking the 1916 Easter Rising

Michael D Higgins has led commemorations marking the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.

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How boy (8) killed in the Easter Rising is finally getting a headstone 102 years later

THE final resting place of one of the children killed during the Easter Rising will be marked with a headstone for the first time.

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The British Inquiry into the Easter Rising

The Easter Rising took the British authorities in Ireland by surprise; so inevitably, the British sought to understand how and why the Rising had broken out and established a Royal Commission to investigate its causes, with particular reference to ‘the conduct and responsibility of the civil and military executive in Ireland in connection therewith’.

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Just why was the Easter Rising so unpopular?

The Rising was roundly condemned by many contemporaries, an irony often commented upon in the years since it took place. Yet the reasons for this aren't hard to understand, and should not be dismissed as the work of so-called 'west Brits' and 'Castle Catholics'.

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What did the Easter Rising hope to achieve?

What did the Easter Rising of 1916 hope to achieve? It can be hard to be entirely sure, as the execution of the seven men who planned the Rising silenced them, and they brought their plans to the grave.

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Poll

Poll: Pick your favourite 1916 Easter Rising poem

Some magnificent poetry has emerged from the Easter Rising, from participants, onlookers and others writing over the century since 1916.