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Only women who were aged over 30, owned property or were university graduates could vote in Election 1918 (RTÉ One)

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In 1966, RTÉ produced Insurrection, an adventurous eight-episode drama documentary for the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. It was broadcast on consecutive nights though Easter Week and treated the events of the Rising as a running news story, with reporters and cameras on hand to film and interview historical characters played by well-known actors of the time. Ray McAnally was the ...