Every County Has a Story
Every single county in Ireland has a connection with the 1916 Rising. In an effort to explore these connections and stories, RTÉ, in partnership...
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A Nation’s Voice is presented by the Arts Council and RTÉ, in association with the National Museum of Ireland, the Association of Irish Choirs...
Every single county in Ireland has a connection with the 1916 Rising. In an effort to explore these connections and stories, RTÉ, in partnership...
International audiences can enjoy a wide breadth of RTÉ 1916 content which will be made available for free across RTÉ’s digital services; RTÉ Player,...
Declan Kiberd, and a host of historians and experts, ask the question: did the cultural revival really spark the rebellion of 1916?
Bow Street Acting Academy will house an array of events and activities throughout the day. Hear the songs of revolution from Francy Devine and...
When the Rising began, the gates of Trinity College Dublin were closed. Members of the Officer Training Corps and soldiers on leave took to...
ANU Productions – As If You Are Expected. Nora Connolly (Alex Conlon) visits her father for the last time before his execution. Join her...
A View from the Archives Fancy going to the pictures? Drop into the Irish Film Institute and enjoy the visual treats on offer throughout...
Put Yourself in the Picture: Celebrating the Children of 2016 Put Yourself in the Picture is running at The Ark from 19 March – 3...
While you’re at the Gallery why not take a selfie in front of our gift 1916 photo installation or take a free tour of...
Liberty Hall is the birthplace of the Irish Citizen Army. It is where the Easter Rising was planned and where the 1916 Proclamation was...
Ireland’s National Theatre was founded in 1904 by W.B. Yeats and Lady Augusta Gregory. More than 100 years later, the Abbey continues its proud...
O’Connell Street will come alive with dramatisations, music, and vintage attractions on Easter Monday as RTÉ recreates the sights and sounds of the city...
This historic hotel, damaged during the shelling of Sackville Street in 1916, will host a day of talks and debate. Photograph of The Gresham Hotel courtesy...
Smithfield Fruit Market & Square Take a journey of discovery through one of Dublin’s oldest neighbourhoods. Mary’s Lane will provide the pathway through the Smithfield...
19th Century St Michan’s Catholic Church on Halston Street will host a day of music and talks. Speakers will include Mary Kenny and Maureen...
In 1916 the Four Courts area formed the garrison for the 1st Battalion of the Dublin Brigade led by Commandant Edward Daly. Some of...
This is a free but ticketed event. Although the Catholic Church was strongly opposed to any physical force against the British, it was the...
At the North end of Smithfield Square why not call into the Back Room at the Cobblestone for a day of talks and music, hosted...
Book into a session in The Generator’s Cinema room to hear and see some of RTE’s audio and video archive, introduced by archivist Liam...
Sit back and enjoy a range of 1916 themed films and documentaries. Insurrection Originally produced and broadcast by RTÉ as part of the 1966...
Admission to the National Museum of Ireland is free. The National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts & History, also known as Collins Barracks,...
Number 6 Harcourt Street, today the Ceannáras of Conradh na Gaeilge, was the headquarters and bank of Sinn Féin in 1916 as well as...
These are free but ticketed events Just a few minutes stroll from St Stephen’s Green is Dublin Institute of Technology Aungier Street, built on...
On Church Street, St Michan’s Church of Ireland welcomes us to a day of talks. Hear exquisite music played on the organ which dates back...
An A-Z of the Easter Rising’ with Michael Barry This event is free of charge and places may be booked by phoning Hodges Figgis at...
The beautiful Georgian walls of The Ireland Funds Gallery in the Little Museum of Dublin are now dominated by 60 giant drawings and texts...
Enjoy. Embrace. Experience. Get your dancing shoes on and join our Ceili Mór which will be running throughout the day! Photograph of Earlsfort Terrace...
Fitzwilliam Street, North Big Stage 8 of Ireland’s finest acts, showing the depth of live music here: In a 7 hour show, hosted by Radio...
Merrion Square will be transformed for the day into a 1916 inspired playground for children. Merrion Square artists exhibit all around the railings every...
University Church Enjoy a day of choral, traditional and contemporary Irish music in the peaceful surroundings of this magnificent 19th century church. Hear the...
This church on St Stephen’s Green will host a day of talks and music, beginning with a comparison between Constance Markievicz and Hanna Sheehy...
The RCSI was taken over on Easter Monday by a small contingent of the Citizen Army garrison from St Stephen’s Green, led by Countess...
An Afternoon At the Shelbourne All events are ticketed According to the hotel’s history, when fighting broke out on the Green on Easter Monday,...
The events at St. Ann Church will begin with ‘A Suite of Songs Commemorating 1916’ performed by The Ranelagh Singers followed by a number...
The Department of Foreign Affairs have opened the ballroom of their 18th Century home for a series of talks. Speakers will include former Taoiseach...
St Stephen’s Green, Family Zone St Stephen’s Green one hundred years ago looked very similar to today. However, for part of Easter Week 1916,...
The Molesworth Street Hotel is the place to come to have your 1916 memorabilia valued by the experts from Whyte’s Arts and Collectables Auctioneers/ Whyte’s...
Take your seat in the Mansion House where the day will be made up of two very different sessions. In the morning, our guests...
Reflections on Exile Join Miriam O’Callaghan as she welcomes a range of Irish people now living abroad to the Gaiety stage, where they will...
The National Library will host an eclectic offering of exhibitions, readings, genealogy advice, talks and music based around the year that was 1916. Explore...
These are ticketed events. The Royal Hibernian Academy, more than any other cultural institution in Ireland, experienced the magnitude of the 1916 Rising. Academy...
This has been the headquarters of Irish Freemasonry for almost 150 years. Its highly decorated hall will today house a series of talks, debates...
Free but ticketed event. In May 1916, the Royal Irish Academy expelled Eoin MacNeill from its membership after he was sentenced to life imprisonment...
Explore the impact of the Easter Rising on medicine and medics when you visit the Royal College of Physicians’ historic building on Kildare St. A...