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Origins of Northern Ireland

Origins of Northern Ireland

Cormac Moore explains the background to the establishment of the Northern Irish state

Bloody Sunday, 1920

Bloody Sunday, 1920

Mark Duncan on the events and aftermath of 21 November 1920

Yeats: the Nobel Poet

Yeats: the Nobel Poet

Ed Mulhall writes on W.B. Yeats, the ‘Smiling Public Man’ and Free State Senator who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923

Roger Casement: High Treason -

Roger Casement: High Treason -

‘High Treason’ & the Politics of Hanging

Ireland 1912 - 1916

Ireland 1912 - 1916

This short animation by Scriberia for Century Ireland tracks Ireland's transition from Home Rule to Easter Rising

 The Destruction of Dublin

The Destruction of Dublin

Dr Justin Dolan Stover, Idaho State University, examines the extent of the physical damage done to Dublin during the Easter Rising

Issue 49: 2015-03-11
Photograph of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations take place around the world
Cardinal Bourne who, along with the Cardinal of Malines, was present at the reception in the Hotel Cecil yesterday. He is seen here presenting shamrocks to members of the Irish Guards. Photo: Irish Life, 19 March 1915. Full collection of Irish Life is available from the National Library of Ireland.

St. Patrick’s Day celebrations take place around the world

John Redmond uses St. Patrick’s Day to show support to Belgium

By Century Ireland

18 March 1915 - A large reception was held in London yesterday to honour Ireland's patron saint, St Patrick. It was held in the Oak Room of the Hotel Cecil and...

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Century Ireland

The Century Ireland project is an online historical newspaper that tells the story of the events of Irish life a century ago.