A memorial to the Irish War of Independence at Glasnevin Cemetary was smashed with a sledgehammer and smeared with paint in an apparent protest to the commemoration of British soldiers.
Elizabeth “Lily” Kempson McAlerney, believed to have been the longest surviving rebel in the US of the 1916 Rising, died in the US on January 21, 1996 at 99 years old.
Legendary rocker Rod Stewart wooed revelers at a concert in Cork City performing a beautiful version of one of Ireland’s most-loved rebel songs, "Grace."
From his birth in County Cork to standing his ground in London and working alongside Jim Larkin in New York city. On New Year's Eve 1919 Con Lehand passed away.
In response to a motion passed in the first Dáil Éireann in 1919, President Higgins and his wife Sabina unveiled a new memorial honoring the 1916 Easter Rising heroes.
