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 ...

Not even Easter could be spared from the culture wars. This year, the holiest Christian holiday on the calendar — celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ — coincides with Transgender Day of ...

A plaque has been unveiled in Dublin to honor the first child killed during the 1916 Easter Rising. Sean Francis Foster was hit in the head by a bullet as his mother attempted to push his pram to ...

A wreath was laid by the Irish President Catherine Connolly at the General Post Office (GPO) in the Irish capital Commemorations have taken place across the island of Ireland on the 110th anniversary ...

On November 26, 1923, a woman named Anne McCormack applied for a military dependent’s pension on the grounds of her husband, James McCormack’s death. He had been a soldier in the Irish citizen army, ...

In the months before the Easter Rising, St. Patrick’s Day marches offered a glimpse of Ireland’s rising nationalist energy. Irish Volunteers march in Cork City, Ireland on Saint Patrick’s Day, 1916.

Greg Jones is president of Belmont University. “Christ Rising,” an extraordinary sculpture by renowned artist Frederick Hart, now sits at the geographical center of Belmont University’s campus. It is ...

Commemorations have taken place in Dublin on the 110th anniversary of the Easter Rising. The 1916 rebellion was an attempt to overthrow British rule in Ireland and has been credited by many historians ...