Organisation: Na Fianna Eireann

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

general

Learning Points: Constance left indelible mark on modern State

St Stephen’s Green is a beautiful place any time of the year but spring is particularly magical.

business

Special Report: Complexities of revolutionary past can be better understood by opening of files

news

Military archives: Burdock tried to batter Black & Tans

news

Military archives: Volunteer’s mother denied payout as he was illegitimate

news

Only policeman to die violently between 1916 and War of Independence killed by future garda

news

School roll books open window to forgotten past

50,000 Rising and War of Independence military records made available

Family members of nearly 50,000 men and women who took part in the 1916 Rising or War of Independence can access files relating to their service for the first time.

Tue, 26 Apr, 2016

Liam Mellows: Republican Enigma

Anti-Treaty leader’s personal steel was cloaked by his inoffensive character, writes Conor McNamara

Mon, 21 Mar, 2016

Na Fianna Éireann: The Lost Boys of the Irish Revolution

Sinéad Callanan, a student of Castletroy College in Limerick, was a prizewinner in the all-island Decade of Centenaries schools essay competition for this study of Na Fianna Éireann

Mon, 21 Mar, 2016

Seán Heuston, a youthful face of the Easter Rising

Seán Heuston was the second youngest person to be executed in the Rising after claiming, to no avail, his name had been mis-spelt

Mon, 22 Feb, 2016

1916: Con Colbert was an ordinary man in extraordinary time

Con Colbert was not an intellectual nor an orator, but he was shot after the Rising for his love of country, writes John O’Callaghan 

Mon, 01 Feb, 2016

1916 lives: Roger Casement, a man of mystery

IN THE week after Roger Casement’s execution, on August 3, 1916, newsreel footage of the Irish nationalist leader was shown in cinemas across America.

Mon, 11 Jan, 2016

Kevin reveals dad’s amazing Rising story

A computer has helped a pensioner discover his father’s amazing role in the 1916 Rising, and now he wants families nationwide to find out more of their own family histories ahead of the centenary in 2016.

Tue, 23 Jul, 2013

Dissident republican jailed for group membership

A senior dissident republican was today jailed for five years by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin after he was convicted of membership of an illegal organisation.

Fri, 07 Dec, 2001