For the 'Flying Column' descending in darkness, it must have been epic, with the constant danger of falling or being hit by rocks displaced by those above

Next Sunday, Terence MacSwiney’s grave is set to be robbed in the name of rewriting history. The graverobbing will be metaphoric but is worthy of comment.

'Now is the time to build a new social contract — one which renews our promise as a Republic', Higher Education Minister tells Fine Gael Griffith/Collins commemoration in Glasnevin 

Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle often sat in the courthouse as an official scrutinising judicial proceedings

In a ceremony lasting just seven minutes, military personnel from the then most powerful empire in the world handed the 'Treaty Port' of Spike Island over to the fledgling Irish state

The building at Durrow in Stradbally fell into a state of disrepair over the years due to a lack of investment

She had a private audience with Pope John XXIII, met the “father of black nationalism” and, as a young businesswoman and single mother, organised Princess Grace’s visit to Ireland, yet few of those things come to mind when Eileen O’Mara Walsh’s name ...

When the lord mayor of Cork, Donal Ó Ceallacháin, called to the Mansion House in Dublin in 1921, Mary O’Sullivan turned him away. She didn’t like the look of him.

Old Bridewell jail in Kanturk to be converted into museum and cultural centre in €6m project

People who have connections with General Liam Lynch are being asked to attend a special meeting in Fermoy, Co Cork, this Sunday, January 29, where plans are being made to celebrate his life on the 100th anniversary of his death

Further details have emerged of the exploits of Cumann na mBan members in the area, some of whom smuggled guns and others who provided safe houses and medical care for injured or ‘on the run’ IRA volunteers

Munster endured a particularly bloody era, with both sides losing men in military battles — and by summary executions

The year’s end brings with it time for reflection on some decent reads undertaken during the last twelve months.

The proposal to name part of the new Macroom bypass in honour of Cumann na mBan is a step in the right direction

The suggestion to honour women's contribution in the War of Independence wins cross-party support at Cork County Council

TG4 documentary provides a sharp-edged shovel with which to dig into a shamefulepisode of Ireland’s history that has long been kept buried, writes Mick Clifford

Nothing human is alien to me, says the poet. Not even matters in the capital. Regular readers of this column will appreciate that a template sourced in foreign fields can often be a fruitful starting point.

A century after his death, the plan to immortalise Collins with his trusty bicycle could hardly be more timely

Michael Collins was supremely well-organised and efficient in a lot of what he did. And he was ruthless, writes Fergus Finlay

The Big Fellow was only 31 when he was killed. This portrait was commissioned to commemorate the centenary of his death

A century ago to the day since Michael Collins left a historic Cork city hotel for his tragic date with destiny, his descendants gathered in its lobby to remember and reflect on what might have been as a new portrait was unveiled

Members of Arthur Griffith's family will attend the centenary ceremony at Leinster House organised by Waterford TD Matt Shanahan

Five-pocket diaries kept by Michael Collins in the revolutionary period 1918-1922 are being made available by the National Archives for display in the Michael Collins Museum in Clonakilty, Co Cork, from the end of this month.

Ireland's revolutionary period was marked by sexual violence — and the archives suggest the scale of outrages, from hair cutting to rape, was even worse than the papers reported at the time