1916 Easter Rising
How the 1916 Easter Rising gave way to Ireland's War of Independence
WATCH: Irish revolutionary leader receives Valentines at his grave a century after his death
On This Day: Easter Rising leader Thomas MacDonagh was born in 1878
Remembering Lily Kempson, the longest surviving rebel from the 1916 Easter Rising
On This Day: Kevin Barry was born in Dublin in 1902
On This Day: 33 Fenian prisoners including the “Cuba Five” were released by the British in 1871
WATCH: 1916 Easter Rising footage featured in British Pathé online archives
Michael Collins and Dublin's Bloody Sunday, 103 years ago today
On This Day: 1916 Easter Rising hero Joseph Mary Plunkett was born
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