Do you remember Ireland’s 1916 commemorations in late March? Do you remember the spectacle? Do you remember all those fighting words and strong images of national independence and national justice?

DUBLIN, Ireland — Easter Monday, April 24, 1916. While World War I raged through mainland Europe, Dublin was center stage for events that would rock the British Empire and set Ireland on a course for ...

DUBLIN -- Thousands of soldiers marched solemnly through the crowded streets of Dublin on Sunday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising against Britain, a fateful rebellion that ...

What kind of country would the 1916 Easter Rising revolutionaries have wanted to see and what would they have thought about its eventual course? It’s a fascinating thought and the subject of Tim Pat ...

Thousands of people are expected to take part in a range of special commemorative events, performances and ceremonies across the country this weekend to mark the calendar centenary on the 24th of ...

DUBLIN (AP) — Thousands of soldiers marched solemnly through the crowded streets of Dublin on Sunday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising against Britain, a fateful rebellion that ...

Coverage of the commemorations in Dublin, marking 100 years of the Easter Rising. Ciaran McCauley and Iain McDowell Why was the fighting in Ireland so fierce, and what were the tensions at home and ...

During the 1916 Rising there were no attacks with planes or tanks and only very limited use of artillery. Therefore the weapons used in the Rising were mainly the personal weapons of the participants.

Traditionally, the British had been uninterested in the aims of Irish nationalism. But in 1910, when the Liberals failed to win a majority in the general election, they turned their attention to the ...

Republicans attending a 1916 Societies commemoration in Co Derry have been told the Good Friday Agreement has “failed to deliver any tangible progress towards an all-Ireland republic”. Several hundred ...