Fuair siad bás ar son Saoirse na hÉireann Free article

The following article by James Connolly appeared in his weekly paper Workers' Republic on 8 April 1916. It was his last major political article before the Rising and reaffirmed his lifelong teaching that the cause of national freedom and social justice are inextricably linked. Free article

Leirmheas LeAbhair 50 Things you didn't know about 1916 By Mick O'Farrell Foilisithe ag Mercier Press Price €7.99 LE AENGUS Ó SNODAIGH Free article

IT IS changed times indeed when Dublin supporters are disappointed that a match with Clare ended in a draw! Clare have been one of the teams (along with Tipperary) who have given Dublin awful tonkings in the league and championship any time they have met in recent memory but those days seem to have passed, for the time being at least. Dublin needed a win to retain any hope of reaching the final although, as results transpired elsewhere, even a win would not have been enough unless Dublin were to beat Kilkenny in Nowlan Park in the last game. Well, I don't think I need go on too much about that. Free article

A NEW BOOK on the history of Na Fianna Éireann, Na Fianna Éireann and the Irish Revolution, 1909 to 1923, has just been published by Damian Lawlor to mark the 100th anniversary of what used to be the republican youth movement. Free article