How this week 100 years ago was spent by the main players behind the Rising, based largely on observations of their movements by police.

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

Leaving the Church behind him, Thomas MacDonagh found a new calling almost by accident, writes Shane Kenna

As commander of the Cork Brigade, Tomás MacCurtain was responsible for the success of his mission. But he had been receiving conflicting orders from the Irish Volunteer HQ in Dublin, writes Gerry White

Seán MacDiarmada overcame polio to produce a masterplan for the 1916 Rising , writes historian Brian Feeney

Another glance at the activities 100 years ago this week of key figures in the upcoming Rising, as recorded by authorities at the time, or recalled later by the participants.

Details of what was being done this week 100 years ago by those planning the Rising, and how it was observed by British authorities in Ireland.

An ongoing and chronological look back at 1916 and some of the behind the scenes planning of the Rising which was certainly "NOT in the news" of the time.

ÉAMONN CEANNT is, in many ways, the ‘unknown’ man among the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, and the signatories to the proclamation of the Irish Republic.

In an interview with Michael Moynihan, former Kerry and Limerick manager, Mickey Ned O’Sullivan ponders "what would Padraig Pearse and his colleagues make of an Ireland like today’s? "

WE HAVE two constitutional referenda to decide on May 22 and I’ll be voting yes and no says Gerard Howlin

The headstone on the grave of Ireland’s first head of the Free State, William T Cosgrave, has been smashed in two.

There’s more to Blarney Castle than kissing the famous stone. The 100-acre gardens have been home to large sculptures since 2012. ‘Sculpture at the Castle’ is one of the largest outdoor sculpture trails in Ireland. This year, it will be launched by the director of the Crawford Art Gallery, Peter Murray, on June 13.

Dave Kenny’s family is steeped in Easter Rising history. And, on the anniversary of Eamonn Ceannt’s death, he recalls finding a letter from the executed hero’s son, revealing how he lived his life in his father’s shadow

First-hand accounts of the Easter Rising and the War of Independence are among important historical documents being made widely available to the public for the first time in almost half a century.

Brian Barton

The celebrations are underway for the 90th anniversary of the Easter 1916 Rising.

“WE place the cause of the Irish Republic under the protection of the Most High God whose blessing we invoke upon our arms, and we pray that no one who serves that cause will dishonour it by cowardice, inhumanity or rapine”

IRISHMEN and Irishwomen: In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition of nationhood, Ireland, through us, summons her children to her flag and strikes for her freedom.