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Easter parades held to commemorate 1916 rising
Events have been held across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to commemorate the Easter Rising. The 1916 ...
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April 24, the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin
On April 24, 1916, Irish republicans launched the Easter Rising, a rebellion against British rule in Ireland. Though the ...
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How would the leaders of the 1916 Rising view Ireland today?
"Was it for this?" asks historical entertainer Paddy Cullivan, on the weekend that marks the 109th anniversary of the ...
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Defending Trinity College during the 1916 Easter Rising
Rory Sweetman revisits the story of the Easter Rising and the threats posed to ... s front gate at midday on Easter Monday? Or had members of Eamon de Valera’s 3rd Battalion rushed past the ...
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‘Christ Has Found Them’: Easter Vigil Brings Rising Numbers of Catholics Entering the Church
On Holy Saturday night at the Cathedral, Archbishop Nelson Pérez welcomed into the Catholic Church some of the 725 adults ...
Lurgan rally sees masked men join Easter Rising commemoration
Young people have been urged to promote Republican Sinn Féin’s Éire Nua policy at a commemoration in Co Armagh to mark the ...
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1916 Rising ceremony takes place at Dublin's GPO
President Michael D Higgins has led the commemoration ceremony at the GPO in Dublin to mark the anniversary of the 1916 ...
An all-island republic can be achieved, 1916 commemoration told
A republic can be achieved those attending an Easter Rising commemoration in Co Tyrone have been told. Hundreds of people and ...
President Michael D Higgins lays wreath to commemorate 1916 Easter Rising 109 years on as SF call for Irish unification
PRESIDENT Michael D Higgins has laid a wreath during the annual commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. It marks ...