In the midst of March, right after Paddy’s day and as deadlines loom, it’s easy to forget that people are bothered about 1916. It should make you feel like we’re living in a cool part of time when Jacobin magazine …
1916
How we’ll commemorate 1916: Tim Scott
As part of a series, Trinity News hears from four of the people taking part in College’s official programme of commemoration.
How we’ll commemorate 1916: Professor Eve Patten
As part of a series, Trinity News hears from four of the people taking part in College’s official programme of commemoration.
How we’ll commemorate 1916: Professor Patrick Geoghegan
As part of a series, Trinity News hears from four of the people taking part in College’s official programme of commemoration.
1916 still poses a dilemma for the government parties and Fianna Fáil
Past heroes in the republican struggle for Irish freedom are succeeded by the republicans of later generations, not by the inheritors of the suppressors of that struggle or gombeen men and women.
Government ministers, their parties and the Fianna Fáil leadership are in denial. They have led numerous attacks on Sinn Féin at an increased rate since springtime. On March 20, at a Fianna Fáil event geared at unveiling their plans to …