# 1916-rising - Friday 16 August, 2019
An Post claimed visitor numbers to the GPO had almost halved in the past three years.
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# 1916-rising - Sunday 21 April, 2019
Commemorations took place at the GPO and around the country today.
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Today marks the 103rd anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.
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# 1916-rising - Saturday 20 April, 2019
Patrick Kilmartin and William O’Dea fought on the North Circular Road outpost and Mendicity Institute respectfully during the Rising.
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# 1916-rising - Monday 29 October, 2018
Ireland’s first female minister was an artist, aristocrat, prisoner, suffragette and soldier.
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# 1916-rising - Wednesday 18 July, 2018
A portrait of the former Sinn Fein MP is set to be presented to the British Parliament later today.
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# 1916-rising - Sunday 1 April, 2018
The 1916 Proclamation was read by Captain Sean McCarthy in front of the GPO this afternoon.
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Some services will be affected by events to commemorate the Easter Rising.
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# 1916-rising - Wednesday 17 January, 2018
Brian Murphy has publicly apologised for the incident, saying he didn’t mean to insult anyone.
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# 1916-rising - Sunday 19 March, 2017
A new exhibition explores the role Custom House played while Ireland fought for independence.
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# 1916-rising - Sunday 12 February, 2017
The Irish Film Board said it is “delighted” to see the film being nominated.
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# 1916-rising - Sunday 7 August, 2016
A Lego model of ‘the Pillar’ is on display in the GPO as part of a recreation of the post office during the 1916 Rising.
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# 1916-rising - Wednesday 18 May, 2016
And one Cork city councillor wants it moved.
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# 1916-rising - Saturday 14 May, 2016
A new exhibition looks at how minority communities in Dublin responded to 1916.
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The books contain information on the arrests of figures such as Seán Lemass, James Larkin, James Connolly, and Constance Markievicz.
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# 1916-rising - Tuesday 26 April, 2016
An interactive map lets people explore sites such as the GPO, Liberty Hall, St Stephen’s Green and Dublin Castle.
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# 1916-rising - Monday 25 April, 2016
Hundreds of documents are being released to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising.
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# 1916-rising - Saturday 23 April, 2016
The GAA, Conradh na Gaeilge and the President will all be involved in events.
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# 1916-rising - Thursday 21 April, 2016
And it is excellent.
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More than 6,500 claims were made for damage to buildings and property caused by fighting or subsequent looting.
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# 1916-rising - Thursday 31 March, 2016
“He was a volunteer… In the charity shop.”
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# 1916-rising - Monday 28 March, 2016
Crowds descended on the city today to honour the sacrifices made by Irish men and women 100 years ago – and to enjoy the freedom they fought for.
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# 1916-rising - Sunday 27 March, 2016
Elizabeth Colbert had not known how deeply involved her brother Con was with the rebels ahead of the Rising – but she knew that he harboured a secret love.
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# 1916-rising - Saturday 26 March, 2016
Changing attitudes over the past century saw railway workers hidden away.
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Dr Kathleen Lynn was in Dublin’s City Hall during the Easter Rising, tending the wounded, and relates the tension and horror of that bloody week.
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# 1916-rising - Friday 25 March, 2016
Was it for this? etc etc…
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Printer Christopher Brady was called to Liberty Hall on Easter Sunday 1916 for a special job – he was stunned to read the text of the Proclamation calling for a Republic.
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# 1916-rising - Thursday 24 March, 2016
A nurse tending the wounded and dying of Easter 1916 at the Mater hospital recalls the shocking sights that would stay with her for the rest of her life.
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Almost half of all students do not think that the 1916 leaders would be happy with Ireland today.
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# 1916-rising - Wednesday 23 March, 2016
Fr Aloysius Travers was at lunch when he heard the first shots of the Rising. By the end, he was accompanying Volunteer leaders to their execution.
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# 1916-rising - Wednesday 9 March, 2016
The inventors say they wanted to pay tribute to the Rising with their half-English, half-Irish beer.
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# 1916-rising - Monday 7 March, 2016
They were snipers, cooks and doctors during the 1916 Rising.
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Tiny James Plunkett!
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# 1916-rising - Saturday 5 March, 2016
The Kingfisher sadly burnt down last week, and the site has an interesting history
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# 1916-rising - Saturday 30 January, 2016
Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone…
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# 1916-rising - Tuesday 19 January, 2016
Sinn Féin has launched its policy for older people, but not everyone is impressed.
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# 1916-rising - Monday 18 January, 2016
The Sinn Féin leader will deliver a keynote speech on live TV at the conclusion of the party’s Ard Fheis.
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# 1916-rising - Thursday 24 December, 2015
Historian Conor Dodd talks to us about the enduring appeal of the place where 1.5 million people have been laid to rest.
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# 1916-rising - Tuesday 15 December, 2015
They say it will help in rejuvenation.
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