The General Post Office, or GPO, stands proudly on O'Connell Street as a symbol of Irish nationalism. During the 1916 Easter Rising, it served as the headquarters for the leaders of the rebellion, who ...

Their importance to the social and political life of the country was as extraordinary as the expansion of Ireland’s newspaper ... to and following the Easter Rising of 1916, remained significant.

One aspect of the mission was for Plunkett senior to tell the pope what was going to happen in Ireland at Easter ... pope had blessed the Rising. The difficulty in all this was that the Holy ...

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 ...