In the 1840s, all of Europe was struck by the potato blight and famine was widespread. But no other european country was affected as catastrophically as Ireland. In this short video Helene O'Keeffe explains why this happened, and the deadly effects.
As part of Dev: Rise and Rule students from Charleville CBS made a special film about the Irish leader.
Sr Sheila Devane of The Medical Missionaries of Mary reflects on her time in the missions and how some of the trauma affected her.
Harlan Strauss interviewing Colonel Jimmy Dolan in 1972
Nan Hogan's grand-nephews share one of her letters from prison
Dermott McKee, nephew of Sean Larkin, on the family stories of his uncle's death
Tomás MacConmara on remembering the executed men of Drumboe
Siobhra Aiken talks to her grandfather Frank Aiken Jnr about what drew his father into the Civil War
Dr Mary McAuliffe on how the silence around violence against women in the Civil War is opening up
Historian Margaret Ward explains how republican women rejected the Treaty
