1916

The Irish Times Monday, 24 April, 2015
An Easter Rising timeline: Monday, April 24th, 1916 by Derek Molyneux and Darren Kelly

A brief timeline of events leading up to the Easter Rising

Through the National Library of Ireland’s rich collections, the exhibition explores the events of Easter Week 1916, and focuses on those who set the stage for the Rising, on the seven signatories of the Proclamation and the other executed men,on the casualties of the Rising and its aftermath.

Features include: The main players, an interactive map, why 1916 matters, a timeline, and an interactive look at the proclamation.

Almost one hundred years after the 1916 Irish Easter Rebellion, the Defense Forces of Ireland have compiled and uploaded a comprehensive, extensive digital archive of the insurrection. The collection, which includes over 300,000 files, details a wide array of primary documents from the Easter Rising and subsequent Irish War for Independence.

Created by the BBC, this site discusses how the 1916 Easter Rising and the War of Independence that followed in 1919-21 transformed the political landscape in Ireland. You can explore the events leading up to 1916, the Insurrection itself and its aftermath, through essays, photographs, sound archive, music and newspapers from the period.

An extensive, non-commercial directory listing websites related to the 1916 Easter Rising.

National Archives holds a wide variety of records, many of which are relevant to Irish genealogy and history.

DHO:Discovery is a gateway to Irish digital collections and resources, information and knowledge. Discovery supports the interdisciplinary and inter-institutional sharing of knowledge throughout the HSIS (Humanities Serving Irish Society) consortium and digital research collections of Irish interest.

The Bureau of Military History Collection, 1913-1921 (BMH) is a collection of 1,773 witness statements; 334 sets of contemporary documents; 42 sets of photographs and 13 voice recordings that were collected by the State between 1947 and 1957, in order to gather primary source material for the revolutionary period in Ireland from 1913 to 1921.