‘L et Ireland go, with God’s blessing and a shake of the hand’, wrote Jerome K. Jerome in May 1920. This was a crucial year ...

while others would strike out against British rule in Easter 1916. The Easter Rising transformed the political face of Ireland and would leave the country, as W.B. Yeats would write, 'changed ...

Published in "Folkmakt, No, 1".

It began with an armed insurrection known as the Easter Rising that took place in Dublin and other parts of the country, a rebellion launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland ...

It was a rebellion against British rule in Ireland and was defeated after a swift British military response. As a military campaign the Rising was ultimately a failure but it had an important ...

In 1603 King James I became the first British monarch to rule over Scotland, England and Ireland. James, a Protestant, wanted to unite his three kingdoms and strengthen his rule in Ireland where ...

The 1916 rebellion was an attempt to overthrow British rule in Ireland. The event, which marked the 102nd anniversary of the rebellion, was led by President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach (Irish ...