Story of patriot priest in Cork told in book on U.S emigration
Irish people who emigrated to America are remembered in a new book by a man whose great-grandfather crossed the Atlantic from Cork
Source: echolive.ie
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Poem of the week: The Night Hunt by Thomas MacDonagh
Alert to the energies of small words and large dogs, this bounding tale by the republican revolutionary is free from ‘Irish shams’
Source: theguardian.com
Easter Rising leaders executions began May 3, 1916
On May 3, 1916, the first of the executions were held for the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising. Padraig Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh, and Thomas Clarke were executed by firing squad in Kilmainham Jail.
Source: irishcentral.com
Ireland 1916 Easter Rising: facts, figures and key moments
Author Dermot McEvoy outlines the key facts, most important historical figures, and events surrounding the 1916 Easter Uprising in Ireland.
Source: irishcentral.com
Easter O'Hanrahan ceremony draws crowd to Co Wexford town
A crowd attended a parade ceremony in New Ross in memory of Michael O’Hanrahan on Holy Thursday.
Source: independent.ie
Thousands attend anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising
Thousands gathered outside the General Post Office in Dublin to mark the 108th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.
Source: newstalk.com
Own a Padraig Pearse letter and a note from Michael Collins to his haberdasher
Padraig Pearse was a great revolutionary leader and an inspiring educator, but he would have made a terrible statesman.
Source: independent.ie
Laois Nationalist — Tribute to a legendary Laois music teacher and community man
More photos below A tribute to Gerry Conway COMHALTAS Ceoltóirí Éireann lost one of its most dedicated and proactive members when Gerry Conway from…
Source: laois-nationalist.ie
'Anne Enright's work blows wide open our tradition and traditions' – The Irish Times
Prof Margaret Kelleher’s speech launching the Booker Prize winning author’s The Wren, The Wren
Source: irishtimes.com
"I'll finish as I started" | An Phoblacht
At a recent lecture on Ernie O’Malley by the historian and Sinn Féin Councillor Mícheál Mac Donncha, I was chatting with Belinda Nugent from the O’Malley/Russell Cumann and I mentioned that my Gran...
Source: anphoblacht.com