The Formation of the Irish Citizen Army 1913-16
John Dorney Reports on a talk by Brian Hanley at the Smithfield People’s History Project. The Irish Citizen Army was founded in …
The Rabble and the Republic
John Dorney looks at how the Irish separatist movement interacted with the population of the Dublin slums during the years of the Great War …
A Short History of the Hibernian Rifles 1912-1916
By Padraig Og O Ruairc Occasionally when reading about the Irish revolution 1913-1923 you come across fleeting references to Republican organisations …
Heuston’s Fort – The Battle for the Mendicity Institute, 1916
A story from the Easter Rising 1916, by Paul O’Brien. For more on the Easter Rising, see our archive here. On Easter …
Discussion of the Easter Rising
Our final piece of Easter week material for 2012, a radio discussion on the insurrection. This is Episode 5 of The History Show …
The Easter Rising in County Wexford
The republican tricolour flew for a week over Enniscorthy in 1916, this article recalls these little known events. By John Dorney County …
The Irish Story archive on the Easter Rising
This is an archive of Irish Story articles on the 1916 Rising from 2010 onwards, including articles, interview and book reviews. Articles …