As Ireland gets ready to honour the centenary of the funeral of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, we bring you some of the highlights from our archives aboutone of Ireland's most respected Fenian.

As the sky dimmed over the West Cork town of Skibbereen, the smell of peat smoke was in the air.

Michael O’Sullivan explains how he came into possession of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa’s casket 55 years ago, and why they decided to refurbish the casket for the centenary of O’Donovan Rossa’s death.

The casket which carried the body of Irish Fenian leader Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa home from the US has been restored and will go on public display this weekend.

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

From Cork to New York, the Fenian whose funeral is now seen as a dry run for the Easter Rising, will be well remembered this summer on the centenary of his death.

In the centenary year of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa’s death, it is appropriate that his life, and his patriotism, be marked in the county and country of his birth, writes Gabriel Doherty