The composer of Ireland's national anthem is to be remembered in a free public lecture at UCC tomorrow evening. 

Recorded in a copybook is a telling account of the Rising and the rebels’ principles, writes Jane Maxwell

The arrests and internment without trial of hundreds of Irish men in May 1916, together with the leaders’ executions, saw the public mood swiftly change after the Rising. Niall Murray examines a family archive of papers and photographs that shows the effects of these arrests

They marched in their hundreds, retracing the footsteps of the volunteers who took to the roads of Co Cork on Easter Sunday 1916.

The last words of Padraig Pearse should be a challenge to every generation, according to one of the country’s most senior clergymen.

A full State commemoration for Roger Casement was led by President Michael D Higgins at Banna Strand near Tralee yesterday.

The struggle for the birth of a child is the work of love while armed struggle for the birth of a nation state is the work of hate, writes Victoria White

The naval ship LÉ Aisling is in the bay, the Irish army will be on manoeuvres, and the strains of ‘Lonely Banna Strand’ are ringing out across Tralee Bay in one of the biggest State commemorations outside of Dublin of events associated with 1916.

WHEN you’re a scriptwriter whose latest TV series is an irreverent take on the 1916 Rising, it throws you a little when you meet your director for the first time and realise he’s a descendant of one of the most celebrated fighters to die at the GPO.

The people who took part in the 1916 Easter Rising have been remembered in many different ways over the last few months.

Hundreds of people queued outside the Central Bank in Dublin’s Dame St yesterday to be among the first to acquire specially minted commemorative 1916 coins.

This is how the men and women who would be involved in the looming rebellion spent this week 100 years ago — some deeply involved in its planning, others still oblivious.

A flavour of what was in the Cork Examiner this week 100 years ago

Carlowman Miceál Ua hAnnracáin was certain only armed rebellion would see the British Empire leave, writes Conor Kostick

Soldiers in Irish units of the British Army called on to quash the fighting at the GPO,

The flag-waving and cheers of recent days provoked all the usual debates about 1916, confirming once again, as if it needed to be, that we all cling to our particular beliefs certain in the knowledge that our view is the correct one and that any other need not be countenanced.

A 1916 commemoration in Cloghagh, West Cork took place today

Gale force winds and torrential rain showers couldn’t dampen the spirits in Collins Barracks yesterday as more than 1,000 singers joined forces for the Nation’s Voice.

Commemorations might be about the past, but many of the people attending the 1916 Rising parade were thinking of the future and of their children’s futures.

President Michael D Higgins and senior government ministers have led the tributes to the 1916 fallen at the Kilmainham Jail site where they were executed in an emotional reminder of the deaths of the Rising leaders.

The 1916 Easter Rising commemorations will continue today around the country, including a state ceremonial event in Cork City — the only such event in Munster.

The capital’s streets went into lockdown yesterday for the centenary parade, but tourists were still able to make their way to the city’s top attractions.

Political leaders, Rising relatives, the Defence Forces, and public servants joined together yesterday in an historic 1916 commemoration that repeatedly sought to include all parts of Irish society.

Events to mark the centenary of the only Cork man killed during the Easter Rising will also remember his fiancée after fate brought descendants of both into contact this week.

1916 letter provides a link to only Cork man killed in the Rising, writes Niall Murray

Equality, not nationalism, was at the heart of the struggle, says Ben Philips

Caretaker Taoiseach Enda Kenny has made a plea for politicians to work together in the national interest, 100 years after the Easter Rising, in a bid to break Ireland’s post-election deadlock.

We shouldn’t ignore the rich history of other eras that surrounds us at the expense of

Some of the events taking place across Cork to commemorate the centenary of the Rising include:

Family members of some of the heroes of 1916 are expected to attend a special wreath-laying ceremony at the National Monument on Grand Parade in Cork on Easter Monday.

A missing part of the story of the German ship the Aud — the location of its tonnes of arms and ammunition planned for the South-West Volunteers to be stored for Easter Monday’s Rising — is believed to have been filled.

Marjorie Brennan selects a Top 10 of the best rebel songs

As 1916-related events hit their peak, Marjorie Brennan looks at the country’s rich tradition of songs about rebellion

Security plans will continue to be monitored as hundreds of thousands of people are expected to descend on Dublin for the 1916 commemorations and celebrations.

The Kerry Museum has purchased, at auction, a map drawn by Roger Casement, showing where he reputedly buried gold and silver coins, and other items, near Banna Strand, before he was arrested on Good Friday in 1916.

The main 1916 centenary celebrations kick off on Saturday with events happening right across the weekend.