This Tuesday was the birthday of Constance Markievicz. Her father was an Anglo-Irish landlord, who provided free food at Lissadell House during the famine.

James Plunkett described the Irish people of 1914 as the “Risen People”.

According to Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore, the success of Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Ireland opened the door for a visit of William and Kate Windsor to Cork next year.