During Easter week of 1916, an armed rebellion led by the Irish Republican Brotherhood took place in Dublin, with smaller insurrections scattered throughout the rest of Ireland. This rebellion stemmed ...

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This Easter was more than a yearly Christian holiday. Easter Monday also marked the 90-year anniversary of the Easter Rising, when a small group of people in Ireland fought and died for freedom. Many ...

In honor of the centenary of the Irish Uprising on Easter Monday, 1916, The Irish Studies Program of The University of Montana, The Friends of Irish Studies, the Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives, ...

Liam Neeson, Hollywood star and famous son of Ballymena in Co Antrim, and I were members of the same drama group, The Slemish Players, at different times. He went on to achieve more in that field than ...

film profile] (2006), having won a Jussi, Finland’s national film prize – he is currently directing Rebellion, a historical TV series about Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rebellion, which will be aired by RTÉ ...

On Easter Monday 1916, a small group of Irish rebels took on the mighty British Empire. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the series 1916 THE IRISH REBELLION tells the dramatic story of the events that ...

DUBLIN, April 16 (Reuters) - A letter written by one of the leaders of Ireland's ill-fated 1916 uprising against British rule the day before his execution is expected to fetch up to 100,000 euros ...

A sculpture in Wexford, Ireland, by Eamonn O'Doherty, called 'Fuascailt,' commemorates the 1798 rebellion. Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images Shortly before midnight on May 23, 1798, highwaymen ...

Enthusiasts of period dramas and war films are in for a real treat as a brief series praised as "captivating" by viewers is now available for streaming. Prime Video hosts the five-episode drama, which ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Shortly before midnight on May 23, 1798, highwaymen just north of Dublin intercepted and set on fire a mail coach headed to Belfast. It was the signal meant to ignite revolution ...