michael collins

100 years ago on the 21st of January, members of the first Dáil gathered in Dublin's Mansion House to lay the foundations of Irish democracy. Not all members of the victorious Sinn Féin majority parliament were present for the historic…

In September 1917 Thomas Ashe was sent to Mountjoy after making a so called seditious speech. For this 'crime' Ashe ended up behind bars by the Royal Canal and denied political prisoner status. He began a hunger strike but just five days…

In the aftermath of the 1916 Rising there was an incident which left an impact on the imprisoned rebels, most notably a young Michael Collins. When the week long insurrection ended, the rebels who had fought in the Four Courts and the…

For another Space Week special Carl Hutchinson interviewed Andrew Smith, author of Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell To Earth and recent speaker at the Bluedot Festival. HeadStuff: What was the moment or the event that reignited your…

“Revolution 1916” is a vibrant new exhibition about the Rising, at the Ambassador Theatre in Parnell Square, Dublin. Visitors are brought through each day of the Rising, and the main players involved. The information is broken down in a…

We've all heard of Padraig Pearse, James Connolly, Eamon De Valera, Constance "Biz" Markievicz, and Michael Collins. Some of us have even heard of Eamon "I" Ceannt "Even" thanks to @aoiph's excellent twitter joke. But the 1916 Rising was…

None of the plays attributed to Shakespeare were written by Shakespeare. We know this. It’s fact. The earth revolves around the sun, 2+2=4, Shakespeare was a disgusting fraud. These are the foundations upon which our civilisation is built.…