The Easter Rising is often remembered for its leaders and its rebellion, but the deadliest toll was borne by civilians. This 110th anniversary is a reminder that 485 people, many of them women and ...

The 102nd commemoration ceremony honoring the Irish nationalists who lost their lives in the Easter Rising in 1916 took place ...

Caption: 13th May 1916: The bombed buildings at the corner of Sackville street and Eden Quay on the banks of the Liffey in Dublin. The buildings were shelled by the British admiralty gunboat, the ...

For years I have waited and prayed for this day. We have the most glorious opportunity that has ever presented itself of really asserting ourselves. Such an opportunity will never come again. Will we ...

Republican rebellion started Ireland on the road to independence. One a former farmer in America, another who was already dying! Here are some incredible facts about some of the Easter Rebellion ...

In bright springtime sunshine, the President laid a wreath in tribute to those who died, while a Catholic Mass was followed ...

Explore the Easter Rising of 1916, the rebellion that shook British rule and set Ireland on the path to independence.

One hundred and ten years ago, in the midst of a world war, Irish freedom fighters launched an insurrection to throw off the ...

Before the Easter Rising began, Irish nationalists searched for support wherever they could find it. German officials saw a chance to weaken Britain by backing rebellion in Ireland. Secret meetings, ...

In the months before the Easter Rising, St. Patrick’s Day marches offered a glimpse of Ireland’s rising nationalist energy. Irish Volunteers march in Cork City, Ireland on Saint Patrick’s Day, 1916.

LEFT MPs expressed hope for the reunification of Ireland ahead of the 110th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising tomorrow. Labour MP John McDonnell, Diane Abbott MP, as well as Your Party’s Jeremy ...