History is more than dates. It is people. These are the periods Easter Rising Stories returns to, through film, research and the testimony of descendants.
1798 and the United Irishmen
A nineteenth-century illustration of the rebellion of 1798. Written stories from this period will be added here.
The Fenians
Fenian prisoners photographed at Mountjoy before transportation. Martin Hogan, on the left, was one of the men later rescued by the Catalpa.
1916 Easter Rising
Sackville Street after the Rising. The films follow The O’Rahilly and the lanes around Moore Street.
The Irish Revolution, 1919–23
The Four Courts on fire, 30 June 1922, at the start of the Civil War. The films follow Michael Collins and Harry Boland.
