An online historical newspaper that reports and provides analysis on the events in Irish life a century ago.
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As Easter approaches, take time to mark the 110th anniversary of the 1916 Rising by revisiting the Century Ireland online exhibition: explore our collection of articles & guides, photo galleries, and audio and film features #history #easter #1916 rte.ie/centuryireland/easter…
#Onthisday 1914, the Curragh Mutiny - revisit some of our Century Ireland coverage of the mutiny in the short thread below rte.ie/centuryireland/articl…
Irish Labour movement launches a bitter attack on Sir Edward Carson and on the officers who led the 'incident' at the Curragh Camp. rte.ie/centuryireland/articl…
WATCH/LISTEN: 'Ireland stood dangerously close to civil war' - Revisit the @RTEHistoryShow show from 2014 where Myles Dungan discusses the 'Curragh Crisis' with Dr. Conor Mulvagh from @UCDHistory youtube.com/watch?v=tqya69Z6…
The Dáil debates on the Anglo-Irish Treaty began on 14 December 1921 and concluded #OnThisDay in 1922. This explainer, by @markduncanIRL, looks at the issues debated, the people who contributed, the final vote and its aftermath rte.ie/centuryireland/articl…
#OnThisDay in 1922 - the Ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Read this essay from Richard Bourke on the evolution of political thought in Revolutionary Ireland. Courtesy of @RIAdawson rte.ie/centuryireland/articl…
Another #ManchesterDerby day, so for a bit sporting history with a difference check out our long read - 'Football on Fire: The IRA war on Manchester City and United, 1920-21' by @markduncanIRL #MCIMUN rte.ie/centuryireland/articl…
4 August 1918 - Gaelic Sunday: The GAA v the British Empire by @markduncanIRL rte.ie/centuryireland/articl….
#OnThisDay in 1922 - the assassination of Sir Henry Wilson. Read Prof Simon Ball's essay for @CenturyIRL on 'Ireland and the assassination culture of imperial Britain' rte.ie/centuryireland/articl…
In 2014, Prof Joe Nugent of @BostonCollege talked to Century Ireland about James Joyce and the making of Dubliners, which was published a century before. #Bloomsday2025 #Ulysses youtube.com/watch?v=CbKB7SGm…
Another perfect #Bloomsday2025 read from our Century Ireland archive - How James Joyce completed Ulysses – by Ed Mulhall @rte @RTEArchives #Ulysses rte.ie/centuryireland/articl…
On this #bloomsday2025 why not revisit Ed Mulhall’s fantastic #longread on the first sightings of Ulysses – James Joyce’s masterpiece @rte
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Art dealer and collector, Hugh Lane, was among those who died when the Lusitania sunk off the Irish coast #OnThisDay in 1915. To learn more about Lane and his life and times, check out this series of short films on our youtube channel youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
An artist's interpretation of passengers of the Lusitania scrambling for safety in the water off the Cork coast on 7 May 1915. The Lusitania was hit by a German torpedo and disappeared beneath the water level within 33 minutes.
#onthisday in 1915, the Lusitania, a British passenger liner, is sunk by a German torpedo eight miles off the Old Head of Kinsale in Co. Cork. It results in the deaths of nearly 1,200 people rte.ie/centuryireland/articl…
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Chronicling the events of Easter Week 1916
LISTEN: 'The Week of the Rising' broadcast in 1966 #EasterRising @CenturyIRL @irelandbattles @wrkclasshistory
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This month marks the 110th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings. Some 12,000 Irishmen fought at Gallipoli in Irish regiments - 4,000 never returned home. Our online exhibition about the Irish at Gallipoli is still available at gallipoli.rte.ie/
With all the focus on events in Rome in recent days, here's a feature from our Century Ireland archives from Dr Jérôme aan de Wie on 'The Vatican and the Irish revolution, 1914-1923' #Pope #VaticanNews #Vatican
'Pius XI Ascends to the Papacy' - seem an appropriate time to revisit this essay from Laura McAtackney, published originally in the brilliant 'Ireland 1922 book from @RIAdawson rte.ie/centuryireland/articl… #Pope #Vatican #VaticanNews
