WHAT TO KNOW. A key leader of the 1916 “Easter Rising” rebellion, which helped lead to the independence of Ireland from Britain, once lived on Long Island.; Thomas James Clarke bought a 60 ...

The island of Ireland, has a long, complex history shaped by political and religious conflict. The roots of this division ...

In 2013, the Irish State launched a decade of remembering the turning points in a “revolution” that led to the foundation of the Irish State and partition of the island, a century ago.

While Chara insists that they are also "just trying to make tunes," their impact on interest in the Irish language is undeniable. When the British director of the film, Rich Peppiatt, enrolled in ...

Last Voices of the Irish Revolution brings those interviews together in book form. Its 528 pages span 50 years, beginning with the oldest interviewee's birth in 1899 and ending when the Free State ...

For Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid, a historian who is the current Burns Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies at Boston College, the impact of the Irish Revolution—like other sweeping historical events—is ...

On Easter Monday 1916, Irish republicans rose up again in Dublin, beginning the revolution that would lead, finally, to Irish independence. One portion of their forces, ...

The Irish War of Independence stretched from 1916 to 1921. This period was followed by the Irish Civil War, which raged from 1922 to 1923. The Luger pistol, in several variations, ...