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 Oath is Dead and Gone

AS a poet reading the letters to the Irish Examiner (March 19) about the scandal surrounding Cardinal Brady, I was reminded of a poem written 150 years ago.

NEXT weekend marks the 90th anniversary of the 1918 general election, the last British election in which the people of the 26 Counties participated.