Shane McElhatton

Series Editor, Decade of Commemorations

Death on a bare mountain: The end of the Civil War

Decade of Commemorations • 08 Apr 23

The last days of Liam Lynch

Decade of Commemorations • 07 Apr 23

Minister for Culture and Arts Catherine Martin will launch the programme at the National Library of Ireland in Dublin today

Final year events for Decade of Centenaries published

The Government has published its programme of events for the final year of the Decade of Centenaries.

Decade of Centenaries • 24 Mar 23

The team that drafted the Constitution in the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin in 1922
(Pic: Shelbourne Hotel)

100 years since Irish Constitution came into effect

On 6 December 1922, the Constitution of the Irish Free State came into effect. It was endorsed by both the Dáil and the British parliament in Westminster.

Decade of Commemorations • 06 Dec 22

(L-R) Peter Cassidy, James Fisher, John Gaffney, Richard Twohig. (Pic: Kilmainham Gaol Archive)

Irish State executions - a new phase in the Civil War

One hundred years ago today, four members of the anti-Treaty IRA - John Gaffney, James Fisher, Peter Cassidy and Richard Twohig - were shot by firing squad in Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin.

Decade of Commemorations • 17 Nov 22

'Take them out and shoot them' - Irish State executions

The new Irish State saw itself as locked in a fight to the death with its enemies. It unleashed its newest weapon: Executions. The country bears the scars to this day.

Decade of Commemorations • 23 Nov 22

The adoring reaction from the Cork people could have dulled Michael Collins' legendary instinct for danger

Q&A: How was Collins killed and what was the reaction?

It was from Lee's Hotel in Cork, now called the Munster Arms Hotel, that Michael Collins set off on his last journey. It would end 30 minutes later at Béal na Bláth.

Ireland • 19 Aug 22