Here's a look at some of the best Irish tunes that remember the 1916 Easter Rising and those who took part: One of the most famous of all Irish ballads about the 1916 leader, James Connolly ...

The Easter Rising took place in ... The executions of the rebel leadership and the arrest of over 3,000 people in the wake of the Rising also served to radicalise public opinion.

Born to a family of Protestant Ascendancy in March 4, 1778, Robert Emmet, the Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader, was executed for ... The Emmet-led Rising was a disaster from an Irish ...

For a start, newspapers were crucial to the curtailment of the Rising ... the leader of the Irish Volunteers, placed his notice cancelling manoeuvres for Easter Sunday after learning that they ...