Tag: Easter Rising
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The enigmas of Roger Casement
On the centenary of his execution, Dr Marie Coleman looks at the life and career of Roger Casement and the role he played in the 1916 Easter Rising.
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How to mark the Easter Rising in Northern Ireland
Professor John Brewer looks at the pervading memory culture in Northern Ireland and questions how we might remember key historic events such as the Easter Rising in ways that heal rather than divide.
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Remembering Pearse in Music: Arnold Bax’s In Memoriam
Dr Aidan Thomson looks at the life of Sir Arnold Pax and examines how a meeting with Padraig Pearse led to Pax becoming known as a “Celtic Composer.”
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The Politics of Commemoration
Dr Margaret O’Callaghan reflects on how the commemoration of 1916 at different points in time is a snapshot of the politics and tensions of the day. (Image: GPO Dublin 1916)
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Belfast Soldiers in the Great War
As part of a series of articles commemorating the events of 1916, Jason Burke reflects on the recruitment of, and the role played by unionist and nationalist soldiers from Belfast in the Great War. (Image: Guildhall Stained-glass Windows commemorating the 36th, 16th and 10th Divisions)
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Women in the Easter Rising
In the first of a series of articles on commemorating the events of 1916, Dr Marie Coleman looks at the role of some of the lesser-known female participants in the Easter Rising as well as the plight of the widows left behind. (Image: Countess Constance Markievicz by John Butler Yeats)