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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 232: 2022-06-01
Photograph of Election ’22 – coalition candidates warn off independents and ‘red flag’ opponents
Nomination Scenes in Dublin; Image 1 - Left to right Peter Kelly, George Gavan Duffy, Desmond Fitzgerald and J. Derham, Pro- Treaty Candidates for Co. Dublin. Image 2 - Darrell Figgis and John Rooney, non-Panel candidates for co.Dublin. Image 3 Mr. Thomas Johnson, Labour candidate for co. Dublin Photo: Irish Independent, 7 June 1922

Election ’22 – coalition candidates warn off independents and ‘red flag’ opponents

By Century Ireland

Dublin, 13 June 1922 – Election meetings and campaign rallies are being held throughout the country in advance of the 16 June polling day for the general election. This will be the third...

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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.