Person: MacDiarmada

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Lankum shining a light on the dark side of Irish culture

There’s a “Not In Kansas, anymore” at the very beginning of Lankum’s new take on boozy standard, ‘The Wild Rover’. The 10 minute-plus recording starts with a caterwauling note that hangs jaggedly in the air.

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Clones set for Ulster cyclone

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Paddy Maguire: ‘We thought we’d never see this day’

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GAA schedules Saturday's big-name qualifiers for Croke Park double-header

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A 1916 diary: Not in the News April 3 - 9

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A 1916 diary ... NOT in the news

Anchors from 1916 German gun-running ship, the Aud, on way to Cork and Kerry for public display

The two salvaged anchors from the 1916 German gun-running ship, the Aud, will be ready for permanent public display within weeks.

Wed, 16 Mar, 2016

Seán MacDiarmada devoted life to freedom

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

Mon, 14 Mar, 2016

A 1916 diary....NOT in the news (March 14 - 20, 1916)

How this week 100 years ago was spent by the men and women behind the Rising

Mon, 14 Mar, 2016

A 1916 diary....NOT in the news (March 7 - 13, 1916)

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.

Mon, 07 Mar, 2016

Diarmuid Lynch: Key Easter Rising planner who escaped execution

Present at a crucial meeting in Hardwicke Street, Dublin, on Easter Saturday in 1916 were Patrick Pearse, Tomás MacDonagh, Seán MacDiarmada, Joseph Plunkett, and Corkman Diarmuid Lynch.

Mon, 29 Feb, 2016

A 1916 diary....NOT in the news (February 28-March 5, 1916)

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.

Mon, 29 Feb, 2016

A 1916 diary....NOT in the news (February 1-6, 1916)

More details of how key figures in the planning of the Rising, and those who would take part in it, spent this week 100 years ago.

Mon, 01 Feb, 2016

Widow wins ex-husband’s pension

A woman is entitled to pension rights from the employment of her late ex-husband as director of an authority which awarded third-level education qualifications, the High Court has ruled.

Sat, 04 Jul, 2015

Connacht and Ulster club SFC round-up

Down champions Burren became the last club to earn a semi-final place in the AIB Ulster Club Senior Football Championship, while in Connacht Killererin and St. Brigid's of Roscommon advanced to the AIB Connacht Club SFC final.

Sun, 07 Nov, 2010

Your Majesty, here’s a fairly rough guide to Ireland

FÁILTE go hÉireann, your Serene Highness, Queen Elizabeth II.

Wed, 30 Jun, 2010

Leitrim stadium redevelopment to finish

The development of a major 18,000-seater GAA stadium in Leitrim will be finished today.

Sat, 02 Jun, 2007

Greencastle pip Duagh at the post

Greencastle (Tyrone) 0-13 Duagh (Kerry) 0-12

Mon, 12 Mar, 2007

Nationalism gave us our own Maginot Line

THOSE iodine tablets sent to every household some time back were never meant to protect us from nuclear meltdown, but they could have captured the thermal traces of our DNA for posterity.

Fri, 15 Oct, 2004

Revolutionary’s life and death for the record

I AM currently researching a book on the life of Sean MacDiarmada who was executed

Tue, 18 Mar, 2003