1916 rising

Easter Week 1916 saw many cats and dogs across Dublin run in fear of the chaos resulting in a significant number of homes across the capital having lost pets in the aftermath of the Rising. One pet who stubbornly stayed in his home was the…

100 years ago on the 21st of January, members of the first Dáil gathered in Dublin's Mansion House to lay the foundations of Irish democracy. Not all members of the victorious Sinn Féin majority parliament were present for the historic…

On Easter Monday 1916 an elderly gentleman hurriedly made his way down Sackville Street in Dublin. His destination was the General Post Office where a group of rebels had proclaimed an Irish Republic and this old man, who had spent his life…

November 1920 was a bleak and bloody time in Irish history. Kevin Barry was hanged in Mountjoy, Tom Barry led his West Cork flying column at the Kilmichael Ambush, the town of Tralee was sacked by auxiliaries and the playing field at Croke…

In September 1917 Thomas Ashe was sent to Mountjoy after making a so called seditious speech. For this 'crime' Ashe ended up behind bars by the Royal Canal and denied political prisoner status. He began a hunger strike but just five days…

In the aftermath of the 1916 Rising there was an incident which left an impact on the imprisoned rebels, most notably a young Michael Collins. When the week long insurrection ended, the rebels who had fought in the Four Courts and the…

Ernest Kavanagh was someone who contributed artistically to the era of revolution in Ireland  but in our history he has unfortunately been lost among names such as Pearse and Connolly. Born in Dublin city in 1884, young Ernest received…

16 - Travelling Exhibition of Prints On 24th of April 2016 in St Peter’s Art Museum and Event Venue, Cork, I had the pleasure of attending the 16 Art exhibition, curated by Jessie Malone in association with Cork and Limerick Printmakers,…

As the sun rose on over Dublin city on Easter Monday 1916, few could have guessed it was the dawn of a day that would transform Irish life forever. After the rebellion that burst into flames that day, things would never be quite the same…

This week, Twitter witnessed Belgium suffer a devastating terrorist attack in the country's capital, leaving 31 people dead and hundreds injured. We also prepared ourselves for the Easter centenary, got a bit tired of Roddy Doyle and…