Thomas Clarke was the only U.S. citizen to be executed as a result of the 1916 Easter Rising - the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798. “Clarke spent a good deal of time ...

More than 2,500 Irish military personnel, some saluting atop tanks and others marching with fixed bayonets, paraded Sunday past the bullet-scarred spot where rebels launched a fateful Easter 1916 ...

A ceremony to mark the anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising will take place outside the GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024, commencing at noon. The ceremony will be led by ...

Ireland’s forthcoming centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising – a pivotal event in modern Irish history – is a cause for commemoration, and also raises some compelling questions. Humanities / History - ...

In the rebellion's immediate wake, the poet W.B. Yeats reflected Ireland's conflicted feelings about how violent nationalism appeared to be hastening Ireland's journey to political freedom but at a ...

Coverage of the commemorations in Dublin, marking 100 years of the Easter Rising. Ciaran McCauley and Iain McDowell Why was the fighting in Ireland so fierce, and what were the tensions at home and ...

DUBLIN — Ireland on Sunday staged its largest ever military parade as it marked the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising, a botched but historically significant rebellion against British rule.

ALBANY (WRGB) — Irish history was commemorated on Saturday in Albany for the 105th anniversary of the 1916 Rising, also known as the Easter Rising. Our Anne McCloy was at the Irish American Heritage ...

Due to the time lapse in the start date, officials will have to seek new government consent to move forward with the 1916 Easter Rising museum located in houses used during the rebel leader's retreats ...