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Who was Vladimir Lenin?

Posted 07/11/2017

Dr Judith Devlin, UCD, explains Lenin's background and how he came to lead the Bolsheviks in 1917.

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Commemorating the October Revolution in Russia

Posted 07/11/2017
The Working Class and the First World War

Posted 24/10/2017
State Commemoration of the Funeral of O’Donovan Rossa

Posted 01/10/2017
The Death of Thomas Ashe: Kerry Commemorates

Posted 25/09/2017
Politics and Irish Language Revival

Posted 01/08/2017
RTÉ Nationwide: Francis Ledwidge Special

Posted 01/08/2017
RTÉ News Now Century Ireland Gallery: 30 August - 12 September 1917

Posted 31/07/2017
Commemorating Constance Markievicz

Posted 18/07/2017
Culture & Identity in early 20th century Ireland

Posted 04/07/2017
The Battle for Suffrage

Posted 13/06/2017
Centenary of the Battle of Messines Ridge remembered in Belgian Ceremony

Posted 08/06/2017
Censorship & political repression in First World War Ireland

Posted 01/06/2017
Ireland at War: Who joins up and why?

Posted 31/05/2017
America, War and the Irish Question

Posted 28/03/2017
Russia’s Revolution, February 1917

Posted 16/03/2017
The Fall of Tsarist Russia

Posted 16/03/2017
Civilians and the First World War

Posted 27/02/2017
Ireland’s Wartime Artists and Poets

Posted 14/02/2017
RTÉ: The Year of the Rising

Posted 05/01/2017
An Irish Tragedy: The Battle of the Somme

Posted 18/12/2016
A Poet’s Rebellion: Francis Ledwidge & the 1916 Rising

Posted 04/12/2016
Waterford remembers four brothers who died in World War 1

Posted 22/11/2016
France honours Ireland’s War Dead at Glasnevin Cemetery

Posted 22/11/2016
Irish Women at a time of war

Posted 22/11/2016
Ireland and the Battle of the Somme - A History

Posted 20/11/2016
1916 Remembrance Wall unveiled at Glasnevin Interfaith Ceremony

Posted 07/11/2016
Prisoners of War: Treatment and Mistreatment

Posted 07/11/2016
Ceremony in Glasnevin to commemorate Gallipoli

Posted 07/11/2016
Irish rebels held in Richmond Barracks are remembered

Posted 11/10/2016
British Policy and the 1916 Rising

Posted 30/09/2016
Welsh village commemorates Irish Rising

Posted 30/09/2016
Conscription and Irish Labour in 1916

Posted 27/09/2016
War, Rebellion and Redmond

Posted 27/09/2016
Tom Kettle Commemorated: Centenary of the death of an Irish Patriot and British Soldier

Posted 13/09/2016
The State Funeral of Thomas Kent

Posted 01/09/2016
Roger Casement Commemoration

Posted 04/08/2016
The Execution of Roger Casement

Posted 02/08/2016
RTÉ News: Proclamation Day

Posted 01/08/2016
Farming and country life in 1916

Posted 01/08/2016
Creative Centenaries: 1916 at the Ulster Museum

Posted 01/08/2016
How Was the First World War Fought?

Posted 01/08/2016
RTÉ News - 100th Anniversary of Roger Casement’s Irish Brigade Agreement

Posted 28/07/2016
On Banna Strand: Commemorating the 1916 Kerry Landing

Posted 27/07/2016
The Black Diaries and the Trial of Roger Casement

Posted 27/07/2016
RTÉ Archives - Seán T. O’Kelly

Posted 26/07/2016
RTÉ Archives: Denis McCullough

Posted 26/07/2016
RTÉ Archives - Cormac Turner

Posted 26/07/2016
RTÉ Archives: Bulmer Hobson

Posted 26/07/2016
RTÉ Archives: Eamon Martin

Posted 26/07/2016
RTÉ Archives: Ernest Blythe

Posted 26/07/2016
Battle of the Somme Centenary Commemoration, Islandbridge, Dublin, 9 July 2016

Posted 11/07/2016
RTÉ News: Report on Centenary of the Battle of Somme, Islandbridge, 9 July 2016

Posted 11/07/2016
Somme Commemorations: RTÉ News Report

Posted 04/07/2016
Somme Centenary: The Last Letter of Lt. Thomas Kettle

Posted 04/07/2016
Somme Centenary: The Story of William McFadzean

Posted 04/07/2016
Somme Commemoration & Ulster Unionist Politics

Posted 29/06/2016
Ulster at the Somme

Posted 29/06/2016
Carson’s Army: The Story of the 36th (Ulster) Division

Posted 29/06/2016
Who was Roger Casement?

Posted 01/06/2016
1916 Executions Commemorated, 5 May 2016

Posted 05/05/2016
Ceremonies mark centenary of executions of 1916 Leaders

Posted 04/05/2016
Retracing the steps of Kerry’s 1916 Volunteers

Posted 28/04/2016
State Commemoration of the Easter Rising, Arbour Hill

Posted 28/04/2016
Easter Rising events around the country

Posted 04/04/2016
Reflecting the Rising

Posted 04/04/2016
Wreath laying to mark beginning of Rising

Posted 04/04/2016
Irish Citizen Army Remembered

Posted 04/04/2016
Ireland 1912-1916: An Animated History from Home Rule to Easter Rising

Posted 27/03/2016
1916 Primetime Special: Was the Rising Justified? (Part 1)

Posted 25/03/2016
1916 Primetime Special: Was the Rising Justified? (Part 2)

Posted 25/03/2016
1916 Primetime Special: Was the Rising Justified? (Part 3)

Posted 25/03/2016
1916 Remembered: Plans for Easter Weekend 2016

Posted 25/03/2016
Proclamation Day - National Anthem Montage

Posted 16/03/2016
Balbriggan School Play marks 1916 Rising CenturyIreland

Posted 16/03/2016
Proclamation Day

Posted 15/03/2016
Schools mark 1916 at Croke Park Flag Ceremony

Posted 08/03/2016
Reflecting the Rising invites you to re-imagine the Ireland of 1916

Posted 07/03/2016
1916 Memorabilia

Posted 02/03/2016
The Kerry Landing: Roger Casement and the Making of 1916

Posted 01/03/2016
The Rising at the Front

Posted 01/03/2016
The Proclamation: A Feminist Doctrine

Posted 04/02/2016
‘The Kilmainham Farewell’

Posted 04/02/2016
Romance & Rebellion in 1916

Posted 04/02/2016
Women of 1916: Untold Stories

Posted 04/02/2016
1916 Exhibitions: the National Photographic Archive & the GPO Witness History

Posted 03/02/2016
A Sinn Féin Rebellion?

Posted 01/02/2016
1916 Online : RTE Archives & Century Ireland

Posted 26/01/2016
A Demolition of History? The Future of Moore Street

Posted 15/01/2016
RTÉ News: Dublin Rising 1916-2016: A Street View Tour from Google

Posted 14/01/2016
First State Event to Mark the Centenary of the 1916 Rising

Posted 04/01/2016
‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’ - The Church Street Tenement Collapse

Posted 01/01/2016
Sites of 1916: Galway

Posted 21/12/2015
Sites of 1916: St Stephen’s Green

Posted 21/12/2015
Sites of 1916: South Dublin Union

Posted 21/12/2015
Sites of 1916: Mendicity Institution

Posted 21/12/2015
Sites of 1916: Liberty Hall

Posted 21/12/2015
Sites of 1916: Four Courts

Posted 21/12/2015
Sites of 1916: City Hall

Posted 21/12/2015
Sites of 1916: Boland’s Mill and Mount Street Bridge

Posted 21/12/2015
Sites of 1916: Ashbourne

Posted 21/12/2015

Century Ireland

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