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# Easter Rising

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# 1916
Irish wolfhounds, armed Volunteers and inter-county GAA stars gather in Croke Park
It’s all part of the GAA’s 1916 Commemorative Event which takes place on 24 April.
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Mar 10th 2016, 4:46 PM
# rebellious tastes
This 1916 Rising-inspired beer caused quite a stir on Liveline today
The inventors say they wanted to pay tribute to the Rising with their half-English, half-Irish beer.
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Mar 9th 2016, 9:10 PM
# Blue is the Colour
Here's the blue jersey Cork will wear to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising
The Rebels will wear the commemorative kit against Kilkenny on Saturday.
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Mar 9th 2016, 8:23 AM
# back by popular demad
RTÉ's acclaimed Easter Rising drama from 1966 is coming back to TV screens
Many people have been calling for the show to be reshown.
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Mar 8th 2016, 6:11 PM
# Easter Rising
Here's why you'll see these women on buses all over Ireland
They were snipers, cooks and doctors during the 1916 Rising.
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Mar 7th 2016, 3:15 PM
# 1916
Dissident republicans want to mark Easter Rising by 'killing police officers' - PSNI
Police have said an attack is “highly possible”.
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Mar 4th 2016, 2:49 PM
# Easter Rising
Fascinating statistics compare modern-day Ireland to the country in 1916
Births, deaths, marriages … and the most popular baby names.
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Mar 2nd 2016, 12:34 PM
# the rising
The GPO's flashy new 1916 exhibit is a cross between Rebellion and Call of Duty
It opens the day after Easter Monday.
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Mar 2nd 2016, 6:10 AM
# History
Now there's a Dublin version of that 1916 commemorative jersey for all you true blue Easter Rising fans
A rubble-surrounded GPO now adorns the front of the jersey.
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Feb 22nd 2016, 10:19 PM
# irishmen and irishwomen
Step inside the 1916 tour bus and see if you're up for the fight
Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe had a go this morning.
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Feb 22nd 2016, 3:00 PM
# love and friendship
Rare personal papers shed light on private lives of 1916 signatories
The Seán MacDiarmada and Thomas MacDonagh collections are the latest tranche of Easter Rising-related documents to have been digitised by the National Library.
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Feb 13th 2016, 10:00 AM
# snapshot in time
Want to see the real Rebellion? These photographs bring you to the heart of the Rising
It’s part of an exhibition by the National Library of Ireland.
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Feb 7th 2016, 9:01 PM
# Eamon De Valera
Dev's grandson says RTÉ's portrayal of him in Rebellion was 'an embarrassment'
Éamon Ó Cuív says it was “entirely false”.
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Feb 2nd 2016, 12:41 PM
# TV Review
Rebellion came out fighting but in the end it went down in flames
RTÉ’s Easter Rising drama didn’t quite live up to its early promise.
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Feb 1st 2016, 4:09 PM
# was it for this
O'Neills have released a 1916 commemorative jersey that has the Proclamation on the back
‘A terrible beauty was born’ indeed.
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Jan 27th 2016, 11:10 PM
# Easter Rising
Was Rebellion right to say Pádraig Pearse 'signed the death warrants' of 1916's leaders?
Rebellion suggested he ensured they would be executed.
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Jan 25th 2016, 3:30 PM
# rebellion
A London gallery is showing some incredible photos from the Easter Rising
Easter Rising 1916 is an exhibition from the photographic collection of Sean Sexton. And the pictures are amazing.
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Jan 24th 2016, 9:00 PM
# 1916
Gerry Adams is hopeful he'll be Taoiseach for the Easter Rising centenary
Sinn Féin has launched its policy for older people, but not everyone is impressed.
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Jan 19th 2016, 2:12 PM
# Easter 1916
Bullets and burns were flying in last night's action-packed episode of Rebellion
It’s day three of the uprising and the gloves are off.
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Jan 18th 2016, 11:09 AM
# streets of dublin
Google team up with Colin Farrell to tell the story of the Rising...and it's wonderful
The impressive interactive website was launched this evening.
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Jan 12th 2016, 6:00 PM
# fact or fiction?
Was an unarmed policeman really shot dead at Dublin Castle during the Easter Rising?
The incident was a central part of last night’s episode of Rebellion.
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Jan 11th 2016, 12:19 PM
# 1916
Busting the myths of who exactly was inside Dublin's GPO during the Easter Rising...
The GPO Garrison Easter Week, a 30-year labour of love for author Jimmy Wren, aims to say definitively who was present in the landmark building during the seismic events of late April 1916.
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Jan 10th 2016, 7:00 PM
# rebellion
Builders down tools as protesters occupy buildings on Moore Street
A man has put a flag on the top of the roof of one of the terraced properties.
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Jan 7th 2016, 5:26 PM
# Easter Rising
The New York Times wants people to come to Dublin to mark 1916
“A city spruces up to celebrate a centenary.”
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Jan 7th 2016, 5:14 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Will you be attending a 1916 centenary event?
The events kick off today with a flag-raising in Dublin Castle.
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Jan 1st 2016, 9:24 AM
# a living history
'It’s more about life than death' - Behind the scenes at Glasnevin Cemetery
Historian Conor Dodd talks to us about the enduring appeal of the place where 1.5 million people have been laid to rest.
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Dec 24th 2015, 9:30 PM
# Rubberbandits
The RTÉ Guide has made an absolute hames of the Rubberbandits' 1916 documentary
Oh… dear.
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Dec 22nd 2015, 12:05 PM
# Rubberbandits
The RTÉ Guide has made an absolute hames of the Rubberbandits' 1916 documentary
Oh… dear.
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Dec 22nd 2015, 10:22 AM
John Bruton reckons Ireland would have become independent without 1916
The former taoiseach said we shouldn’t glorify the Easter Rising.
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Dec 18th 2015, 6:38 PM
# Quartered
Dublin could be about to get a brand new 1916 Quarter
They say it will help in rejuvenation.
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Dec 15th 2015, 1:37 PM
# fighting woman
This amazing Irish rebel wounded in the Easter Rising is finally getting some recognition
Margaret Skinnider was the only woman wounded in action during the rebellion.
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Oct 26th 2015, 7:00 AM
# Lá na Poblachta
Sinn Féin wants a new public holiday - but the government isn't keen
What if 24 April was a national public holiday every year?
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Oct 6th 2015, 6:21 PM
# mighty 'quin
Billy Vunipola out of the World Cup, replaced by 37-year-old Nick Easter
Lancaster will go in against Australia with Wood, Robshaw and Ben Morgan.
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Sep 28th 2015, 4:57 PM
# Easter Rising
Poll: Should we remember British state forces in 1916 commemorations?
Debate continues over the various events.
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Sep 18th 2015, 10:23 AM
# the journey home
Thousands turn out as 'forgotten patriot' Thomas Kent lies in state
Kent was one of 16 people executed in the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising. He will be buried with full state honours in his hometown of Castlelyons tomorrow.
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Sep 17th 2015, 9:18 PM
# in ruins
Pictures: Incredible photos of a ruined Dublin after the 1916 Easter Rising
The photos show the city’s many famous buildings as photographed in the weeks following the end of hostilities.
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Aug 12th 2015, 6:25 PM
# Easter Rising
Funeral of 'iconic' O'Donovan Rossa's remembered 100 years on
There was a re-enactment of Pádraig Pearse’s graveside oration.
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Aug 1st 2015, 8:42 PM
# changed utterly
Incredible photographs show devastating impact of the Rising
Trinity College Dublin is giving the public a glimpse at rare photographs and items from the 1916 Rising.
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Jul 29th 2015, 6:10 AM
# Easter Rising
'I'm not trying to un-Sinn Féin myself': New Lord Mayor reacts to criticism
Críona Ní Dhálaigh said 1916 centenary commemorations will be inclusive.
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Jun 30th 2015, 1:20 PM
# history and literature
Roll up, roll up... cannon balls, Iron Age stone heads and ancient lottery tickets for sale
The upcoming Whyte’s auction has some pretty unusual offerings.
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May 5th 2015, 1:37 PM
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