A white linen handkerchief is believed to have been used as a flag of truce by Captain Michael William O’Reilly on April 29, 1916 ...

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 ...

What is believed to be the original 'flag of truce' shown during the surrender on Moore Street in the 1916 Rising has been ...

Due to the time lapse in the start date, officials will have to seek new government consent to move forward with the 1916 Easter Rising museum located in houses used during the rebel leader's retreats ...

Dublin City Council has decided to honour the women who fought during the Irish Revolution and established the modern Irish ...

A Government TD has called on the State to buy the flag used by the Volunteers to signal their surrender at the end of the ...

Ireland’s 1916 rebellion, which took place during Easter week 1916, was ineffective in itself ending British rule in Ireland. But although the Easter rebellion was quickly quelled by police and ...

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 ...

A white linen handkerchief, better known as the “flag of truce” used by Captain Michael William O’Reilly to signal surrender ...

Brendan O’Carroll, Michael Portillo, Heather Jones, Diarmaid Ferriter and Bob Geldof to present a range of programmes. In a new film for BBC Two Brendan O’Carroll (Mrs Brown’s Boys) takes viewers on ...

THE centenary of the 1916 rising will be commemorated over this Easter weekend, starting with a series of wreath laying ceremonies today. Both President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina will be ...