During the historic events of the 1916 Easter Rising, a group of rebels stormed some of Dublin's most prominent buildings in the quest for Irish freedom from the British colonial empire.

Before the Easter season officially starts with Ash Wednesday, Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras, will be celebrated on Tuesday, March 4 ... day that Jesus Christ suffered and died, rising ...

Of the remainder 26% were British troops, 16% rebels and 4% police. The legacy of the Easter Rising is complex and, at times, deeply contested. There is no doubt that British actions during Easter ...

as events prior to and following the Easter Rising of 1916, remained significant. For a start, newspapers were crucial to the curtailment of the Rising, to its deferment by a day and, ultimately ...