Page 4 - Easter Rising News Today

Hello, and welcome back to This Week in History! As strange as it may sound, writing This Week in History has become somewhat of a diary for me. Looking back at all the weekly entries, I remember finding the space over each weekend to sit down and write something about some cool little tidbit of…

A Dissident republican charged with the murder of journalist Lyra McKee dressed up in paramilitary-style clothing to lay a wreath at a New IRA memorial.

Not everyone was impressed with the Irish coinage designs overseen by William Butler Yeats in 1926, spurring controversy at home and abroad.

Emma Donoghue’s stage adaptation of her 2020 novel breaks little ground theatrically, but few will emerge unmoved or uninterested

Farm servant Mary Gormans life took an unimaginable course after giving testimony in the trial of Roger Casement, ending up in New York, where she disappeared from the historical record. What became of her? The search continues

SIXTY residents from interface areas in North and West Belfast have completed a cross- community course that aims to build respect and understanding as part of a wider programme examining attitudes to peace barriers and their removal.

Fall-out from Donaldson resignation demonstrates nationalist allegiance to state of Northern Ireland has never been stronger

Enniscorthy's contribution to one of the most pivotal moments in Irish history was recalled once again as elected reps and dignitaries gathered at Market Square for the annual Easter Commemoration.

TE Lawrence saw Roger Casement as a kindred spirit. Shortly before his death from a motorcycle crash in 1935, the English adventurer best remembered as Lawrence of Arabia was hoping to pen a short book about the equally enigmatic Easter Rising martyr.

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