Shortly after noon on Easter Monday 1916, Pádraig Pearse accompanied by an armed guard, stood on the steps of the GPO and ...

The Proclamation of the Republic can still inspire the nation with its “generous social and political vision”, President ...

What is the point in reading out the 1916 Proclamation at Easter Rising commemorations? It will be read aloud across Ireland this weekend at ceremonies organised by the Irish state, political ...

Relatives of those who fought during the 1916 Rising spoke of their pride, as thousands gathered at the GPO in Dublin to honour those who took part in the rebellion.

A Ceremony to mark the 109th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising will take place outside the General Post Office (GPO), on O'Connell Street in Dublin this Easter Sunday, April 20. The ceremony ...

The Proclamation itself outlined who was responsible ... town other than Dublin to see significant fighting during the Easter Rising. 30. Connolly was so badly injured that he was carried to ...

ONE of the longest-standing traditions to commemorate the deceased members of the Defence Forces in the 1916 Rising was ...

LAST year’s bitter Sinn Féin split in Laois was reflected on Easter Sunday, when two 1916 commemoration ceremonies were held ...

Mr Higgins on Sunday led a commemoration ceremony at the General Post Office (GPO) in Dublin to mark the anniversary of the Easter Rising. Captain Conor Gibbons read the proclamation of independen ...

stood on the steps of the GPO and read a proclamation declaring the establishment of an Irish republic, signalling the beginning of the Easter Rising. The conflict that followed was largely ...