Boston College’s yearlong observance of the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising – a milestone in Irish history – will feature two major events in March: an international conference, “Easter 1916: A ...

A ceremony to mark the anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising will take place outside the GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024, commencing at noon. The ceremony will be led by ...

DUBLIN -- Thousands of soldiers marched solemnly through the crowded streets of Dublin on Sunday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising against Britain, a fateful rebellion that ...

A commemorative garden in memory of the 40 children killed during the 1916 Easter Rising was unveiled in Dublin last week. The 1916 Children’s Commemorative Play Garden, at St Audeon’s Park in Dublin, ...

DUBLIN, Ireland — Easter Monday, April 24, 1916. While World War I raged through mainland Europe, Dublin was center stage for events that would rock the British Empire and set Ireland on a course for ...

The BBC’s newest VR documentary, Easter Rising: Voice of a Rebel, today launched on Gear VR and Oculus Rift. The 13-minute documentary takes you through one man’s memories on a journey back to a ...

SCITUATE — The Easter Rising, which commenced on April 24, 1916 in Dublin, Ireland, was a blood sacrifice. Yet it was hoped the example of those who gave their lives for Irish Freedom would inspire ...

David Brundage has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Irish American Cultural Institute. On July 27, 1919, Marcus Garvey, the African-American nationalist then ...

In April 1916, a small group of republicans began a week-long rebellion in Dublin, Ireland, seeking freedom from Britain. The republicans thought—with Britain focused on World War I—that the uprising ...

Revisiting the defining moment in Ireland’s struggle for independence. This year marked the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising in Ireland. In April 1916, several hundred Irish nationalists seized ...