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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 251: 2023-02-22
Photograph of Belfast’s big welcome for first Governor General of Northern Ireland
The Duke of Abercorn receiving representation of 119 separate bodies in the Ulster Hall Belfast Photo: Illustrated London News, 3 March 1923

Belfast’s big welcome for first Governor General of Northern Ireland

As Parliament is re-opened, plans are outlined for all civil servants in north to take oath of allegiance

By Century Ireland

Belfast, 28 February 1923 - Northern Ireland has been bustling with activity over the last few days due to the recent political ceremonies that have taken place there. Following an impressive...

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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.