Michael Collins and Éamon de Valera are two of the most iconic figures in Irish history ... the Civil War (Collins). However, Eoghan Plunkett, a nephew of 1916 Easter Rising leader Joseph ...

The Irish flag, or tricolor, was first flown by Thomas Francis Meagher, then a leader of the Young Irelander ... adopted by the IRA during the Irish War of Independence (1919 – 1921), was ...

Twomey’s role in the Irish War of Independence was nothing short of extraordinary. Recruited by Brigade Intelligence Officer Seán Buckley, she had access to the secret communications of British ...

Records into pensions claimed by the families of IRA Volunteers reveal the horror and poverty the War of Independence left ... tactics against the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and British ...

Trump may also be wise to note that de Valera’s position was bolstered when he could claim that he was being bullied by a ...

Kenny MacAskill has pledged to deliver Alex Salmond’s “dream of independence” for Scotland after being elected as his successor as leader of the Alba Party. Former first minister Mr Salmond ...

Historian Dr Margaret Ward, QUB, talks to RTÉ’s Bryan Dobson about the various roles that women played during the Irish war of independence. This is an excerpt from an interview filmed by ...

When Irish leaders meet the new Canadian prime minister ... to seize the British province and ransom it in return for Irish independence, and there followed four more such raids by these ...

With Britain’s entry into the World War, the implementation of Home Rule was suspended and the leaders on the opposing ... Rising that led the majority of Irish Catholics to abandon the cause of Home ...