It’s a photograph that may have been seen by millions over the last 100 years – but how many people other than Pádraig Pearse did they all recognise?

The funeral of Fenian patriot Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa in August 1915 will be remembered a century later in Dublin tomorrow in the first State ceremonial event of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme.

A standing stone, which commemorates three giants of history, will be unveiled in a picturesque West Cork village on Sunday.

A steel casket used to transport the remains of ‘Ireland’s most famous Fenian’ is be restored and placed on display in West Cork.