The rebels of 1916 came from all ranks of society, but a majority were lower-middle-class. In a time of high unemployment, the vast majority of the…
Browsing: James Connolly
How can unionists condemn a rebellion when they threatened rebellion? During a recent discussion on BBC Spotlight on the Easter Rising, Jim Allister of the TUV…
Countess Markievicz By Sunday the rebels of the GPO and Four Courts are in British hands. The others in the five garrisons on the south side…
By ten o’clock on Friday night the GPO is a burning shell At break of day on Friday the centre of Dublin is unrecognisable. Sackville…
The rebellion is in its fourth day and the British, with endless reserves of men and shot and shell, quickly take the balance of combat. Troops…
Liberty Hall By Wednesday the skies in Dublin are hot and sunny, no longer the dark and sultry conditions of the first days. Like the weather,…
The seven signatories of the Irish Proclamation Maurice Joy wrote in her account of Easter Monday 1916 that Dublin that morning “seemed as peaceful as any…
Nora Connolly, writer and activist, is the daughter of James Connolly. On Easter Sunday a century ago, the republican movement (the IRB and Irish Volunteers) was…
Ireland has a problem with travellers. Ten members of the minority community are immolated in a domestic fire and Ireland expresses grief, but adds a qualification.…