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Trinity and the Rising

Jake Trant considers what role Trinity played during the Easter Rising 100 years ago.

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100 years ago, Dublin was rocked by the outbreak of the Easter Rising. Trinity unavoidably played a central role in this due to its strategic city centre location. Because of its unionist tradition, Trinity stayed loyal to the British government.

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Students Against Fees stage a banner drop to protest official 1916 commemorations

Student group accuses the official commemorations of “hypocrisy”

NEWSStudents Against Fees (SAF) organised a banner drop to protest the “hypocrisy of the official… commemorations” of the 1916 Rising today, March 27.

The group hung a banner calling for free education for all outside the Trinity houses facing College …

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Trinity and Google collaborate to launch Dublin Rising 1916-2016 exhibition online

Dublin Rising 1916-2016 is an interactive tour of Dublin, narrated by actor Colin Farrell

NEWSA collection of rare and previously unpublished material related to the 1916 Rising and held in Trinity College Dublin Library will now be accessible online thanks to a recent collaboration between the Library and the Google Cultural Institute.

The Google …

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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.

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Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD recently launched Trinity’s 2016 programme of events, ‘Trinity and the Rising.’ The programme includes lectures, tours, a relaunch of the free and online MOOC run by the Department of History, …

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How we’ll commemorate 1916: Professor Gerald Dawe

As part of a series, Trinity News hears from four of the people taking part in College’s official programme of commemoration.

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Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD recently launched Trinity’s 2016 programme of events, ‘Trinity and the Rising.’ The programme includes lectures, tours, a relaunch of the free and online MOOC run by the Department of History,

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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.

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Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD recently launched Trinity’s 2016 programme of events, ‘Trinity and the Rising.’ The programme includes lectures, tours, a relaunch of the free and online MOOC run by the Department of History,

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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.

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Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD recently launched Trinity’s 2016 programme of events, ‘Trinity and the Rising.’ The programme includes lectures, tours, a relaunch of the free and online MOOC run by the Department of History, …

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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.

COMMENTGovernment 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