Greg Daly considers aspects of how the Rising was commemorated on its 50th anniversary

Though often overlooked, women played a key role in the Rising, writes Greg Daly

Mags Gargan looks at the life of Fr Joseph Mallin SJ

Fr Bryan Shortall tells Greg Daly about the Capuchin experience during the Rising

“There was no joking, not even the semblance of it. Poor Colbert was far too beautiful and too reverent a character to joke with anyone in such a solemn hour. I know very well where his heart was then. It was very near to God and to the friends he loved. “What really happened was…

The bare bones of the 1916 story can be simply told. Unionist opposition to the introduction of the Third Home Rule Bill in 1912 led to the signing of the Ulster Covenant by almost half a million unionists and the January 1913 formation of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), willing, if necessary, to take up…

Greg Daly explores the extent to which the Rising was a Catholic rebellion

The funeral of O’Donovan Rossa was part of a long tradition of nationalist funerals, Greg Daly learns

Mags Gargan describes how this newspaper reported on the Rising in the weeks after the insurgency

The Church’s attitude to the Rising was far more complex than newspaper reports suggested at the time, Greg Daly discovers