Tens of thousands Irish Revolution-era items still held by families

Tens of thousands of items relating to the tumultuous decade of the Irish Revolution have been kept by families around the country, research with second-level students suggests.

Photos, medals, letters and other documents from the 1912-1922 period were among those that almost 1,000 teenagers said were held.

But history is far from popular, as more than half indicated they do not enjoy the subject at school. Most, however, knew basic information about the signatories of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic.