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Arthur Griffith, the founder of Sinn Féin and one of the fathers of the Irish Free State, died on this day (Aug 12) in 1922. We remember the politician and writer who Michael Collins described as a "mighty force in Ireland." Griffith was born of humble means in Dublin.

Before the G7 summit, Joe Biden choked up while speaking to the army after landing at the Royal Air Force Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. Looking back on his late son Bo’s military service, Biden also unabashedly threatened to Vladimir Putin As tensions between the United States and Russia escalated, he pointed out that he would “meet with Mr. Putin and let him know what I want him to know.” The President of the United States is about to hold the G7 summit, the meeting with Queen Elizabe...

Minister O’Donovan announces free admission to OPW visitor sites in support of the Government’s recovery and reopening plan 14th May 2021 - Patrick ODonovan TD Mr. Patrick O’ Donovan T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW), today announced that admission charges to all fee-paying openOPW heritage sites are being waived in line with the Government’s recovery and reopening plan outlined in The Path Ahead. With inter-county travel possibl...

April 29, 1916 Ireland’s Easter Rising came to an end on this day in 1916. After five days of rebellion, the Irish leaders occupying Dublin’s GPO were encircled by the larger British forces, but managed to flee to new headquarters nearby at 16 Moore Street. James Connolly, who had initially been in command, passed the leadership role to Patrick Pearse after sustaining a bullet wound to his ankle. Pearse’s notice of surrender was carried by Elizabeth O’Farrell, a nurse. In the aftermath ...

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It was Yeats who had encouraged him to go west in search of writing material among the Irish-speaking areas that were even then dwindling. As well as the Aran Islands, Synge spent valuable time in West Kerry – where the fictional Christy Mahon begins his odyssey – and in Mayo, where most of the Playboy’s action occurs. But by his own account, a crucial part of Synge’s education also happened in the east, among the Wicklow Mountains, where he set his early one-act play, In th...

); Opinion: From aristocrats to revolutionaries - No 6 Harcourt Street was at the centre of Irish history Cuan Ó Seireadáin discusses 6 Harcourt Street, which is the subject of a TG4 documentary tonight. By Cuan Ó Seireadáin Wednesday 14 Apr 2021, 7:00 AM 1 hour ago 3,575 Views 1 Comment Cuan Ó Seir...

The faded brown autograph book has seen a lot of wear in the past century. Its pages are filled with signatures, snatches of poetry and inspiring slogans -- all written out, in florid cursive, by Irish prison inmates. The autograph book belonged to Sean McCarthy, a teenaged Irish revolutionary. Swept up by British arrests after the Easter Rising of 1916, young Sean found himself transported to Spike Island, a prison in Cork harbor, along with other members of the Irish Republican Army. The book...

Comments The poem that defined the era of the Easter Rising is "Easter, 1916" by William Butler Yeats. Here, Irish Ambassador to the US Daniel Mulhall explains in an essay who are the unlikely heroes Yeats is memorializing. Yeatss great poem Easter 1916 is not a bad place to start when seeking an understanding of that transformative era for modern Ireland. Yeats, writing in the immediate aftermath of the Rising, spotted that Ireland had been changed utterly by the events of Easter week....

Greener Pastures - a poem for St Patricks Day Reporter: );  ); Happy St Patricks Day everyone! Heres a poem penned in honour of our patron saint.... Greener Pastures And the craic was something fierce Fionn MacCumhaill was there and Granuaile James Joyce and Patrick Pearse There were saints and scholars everywhere Sure the likes was never seen While God Himself, to honour the day Was decked out all in green With banners aloft the march set off Down Heaven’s Main Avenue Led by the hero of Cl...