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A commemorative concert was held in the Gaiety Theatre on Easter Monday…An Piarsach, a Phaimfléid agus Aithreacha an Náisiúin
Ar lá Nollaig 1915 i Scoil Éanna, Rath Fearnáin, chuir Pádraig Mac…Relics of the Rising
The centenary commemorations have fuelled a deeper scholarly interest in the material…Ruthless Duplicity
The historian Fearghal McGarry has described the Irish Republican Brotherhood’s way of…Micheál Ó hAnnrachain/Michael O’Hanrahan and the Carlow Workman’s Club
The minute book of the Carlow Workman’s Club 1889-1925 (TCD MS 11523)…Inner Conflict
In August 1916 two large silver cups were presented to the College…Frank Browning – a casualty of the 1916 Easter Rising
Francis Henry Browning was from Glenageary, Co. Dublin, and was educated at…Dublin Zoo and the 1916 Rising
On Easter Monday 24 April, as news of trouble in the city…Among the Nations: Poblacht na hÉireann
Probably the most iconic example of Irish printing, ‘The provisional government of…Alfred Fannin’s Diary of the Rising
Alfred Fannin’s diary of the Rising is written as a long letter…Mother of Perpetual Help
Mary Ellen ‘Nell’ Humphreys (1871-1939) was the daughter of Richard Rahilly and…Can you be loyal to China?
Stationed in France in 1916, Patrick Hone maintained a witty correspondence with…The Capuchin Annual and 1916
The twentieth, twenty-fifth and fiftieth anniversaries of the Easter Rising, 1916 were…The making of ‘Insurrection’
Many of us are currently enjoying RTÉ’s Rebellion, the flagship drama from…Vita brevis, ars longa
Artist Estella Frances Solomons, (1882–1968), was the second among four children of…In Memoriam
Poet Dora Sigerson Shorter (1866-1918) was recently the subject of a post…At The Sign Of The Three Candles
Canon Charles O’Neill’s ballad The foggy dew is synonymous with the events…‘Necessity is the Mother of Invention’: Armoured Personnel Carriers in 1916
The Easter Rising of 1916 took the British army by surprise. The…Richard J. Hoskin’s diary account of the Easter Rising
Richard J. Hoskin’s account of the Rising opens with the words: ‘Monday…‘The Rabble’
TCD MS 3560/1 is the personal narrative of Peadar Ó Cearnaigh (1883-1942),…Sixteen dead men
The Irish poet and sculptor Dora Sigerson Shorter (1866-1918) was profoundly affected…Elsie Mahaffy’s Record of the Rising
Elsie Mahaffy’s handwritten book The Irish Rebellion of 1916 is one of…‘it might interest you – when this miserable business is all over’: John Dillon’s Easter Rising narrative
On 11 May 1916, John Dillon MP declared in an impassioned speech…‘Another damned play about 1916’
Despite his derogatory epithet Denis Johnston’s play The Scythe and the Sunset…The Golden Jubilee in 1966
1966 marked the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising and in…Defending the College
In the aftermath of the Rising Major…Mapping Dublin in Troubled Times
Maps and war are inextricably linked. Long used in the planning, reconnaissance,…‘Such excitement! Dublin is in the hands of the Sinn Feiners’ : The diary of Lil Stokes, Dublin 1916
‘Such excitement! Dublin is in the hands of the Sinn Feiners’. So…Coming into his force
The impact of conflict on families features as a theme regularly on…Frongoch Camp Autograph Book
James Hanratty was 32 years of age when he was arrested by…‘from the still-hot ruins of the G.P.O. Dublin’
John Joly (1857-1933) was one of Ireland’s most distinguished scientists of the…Caught in a bind
Until now our weekly blog posts have concentrated on a specific collection…The Diary of Winifred Frances Wynne for 1916
A large section of the papers of the Wynne family of Avoca,…Ashbourne 1916 Memorial
The Ashbourne 1916 Memorial pictured here commemorates the battle of Ashbourne, one…The Soldier’s Song
‘The Soldier’s Song’ is known to have been sung by the rebels…Two Girls in Silk Kimonos
Eva Gore-Booth (1870-1926) and her sister Constance (later Markievicz, 1868-1927) were the…The Catholic Bulletin’s ‘Events of Easter Week’
The Catholic Bulletin was first published in 1911 as The Catholic Book…The Ruins of Dublin 1916
Thomas Johnson Westropp (1860-1922) was a Limerick-born scholar and a graduate of…‘…quite a battle was waging…’
The Manuscripts & Archives Research Library continues to add to its research…Exit Stage Left
The majority of our weekly posts relate directly to events surrounding the…Loyal and Gallant Conduct
That Trinity College took a side in the 1916 Rising should be…‘The wonder & the splendour’: Nancy Campbell’s record of the Easter Rising
There is one hint in the family background of Nancy Maude (b.…History of a Conflagration – A Record of the Rebellion
One of the earliest published accounts of the 1916 Rising written “while…1916: a view from the Castle
A single sheet of notepaper in the Thomas Bodkin papers, MS 7013/7,…Kidd Family Letters
Dr Frederick William Kidd (1857-1917), a professor of midwifery and gynaecology at…‘A Citizen’s Diary’, by Henry Hanna, 1916
Henry Hanna (1871-1946), barrister and later High Court judge, was an engaged…Revolting Conditions
Far away from Denis Johnston’s leafy suburbs, Dublin’s inner city was suffering…Examination under Fire
The 1916 Junior Sophister term examinations were due to be held in…The Wider Conflict
The events of Easter 1916 appear to have had little or no…Spot the Difference
The enforcement of the Defence of the Realm Act at the outbreak…Revolution in Redbrick Suburbia
In the early hours of Easter Tuesday 1916, 61 Lansdowne Road, the…The Howth Gun Running
The organisation of arms for the 1916 Easter Rising was a complicated…