The Dáil issued a declaration of independence affirming the 1916 proclamation of an Irish Republic that was read by Patrick Pearse on the steps of the GPO on the first day of the Rising.

Of the fifty-six signatories of the Declaration of Independence, three were born on the island of Ireland: Thomas McKean, Charles Carroll and James Smith. Irish independence owes much to the ...

NEW YORK-- Irish pride is on full display Saturday ... It predates the signing of the Declaration of Independence and is the largest and oldest St. Patrick's Day parade in the world.