Posts by John Gibney
1919 Timeline
21 January: First meeting of Dáil Éireann in Dublin’s Mansion House declares Ireland independent. From the Houses of the Oireachtas: Dáil100. 21 January: Soloheadbeg ambush in Co. Tipperary. Two members of RIC are killed in an attack by members of the IRA under Dan Breen and Sean Treacy; this is generally regarded as the first engagement of…
Read MoreNew Near FM series on the poem and songs of the Irish revolution: ‘The Indignant Muse’.
Between January and March 2019 Near FM will broadcast a new documentary series entitled The Indignant Muse, a ten part radio series exploring the poetry and songs of the Irish revolution adapted from the acclaimed anthology of the same name, edited by Terry Moylan and published by Lilliput Press. The series is produced by Paul Loughran…
Read More23 February 2019: Launch of MSPC Brigade Activity Reports, Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin 6
On Saturday 23 February 2019 the official launch of the Brigade Activity Reports series of the Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Collection took place at Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines, Dublin 6. These reports were compiled from 1935 onwards to assist in the verification of individual applications for pensions; nearly all of the reports include brief descriptions of particular operation…
Read More6 February 2019: ‘Girls in silk kimonos’, National Library of Ireland, Dublin 2
On Wednesday 6 February 2019 the National Library of Ireland, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2, in association with Dublin Lyric, hosted a performance of the late Miriam Gallagher’s play Girls in Silk Kimonos. Originally written for radio, the play centres on the correspondence between Constance Markievicz and her sister Eva Gore-Booth, focusing on Constance’s election to Westminster in…
Read More30 January 2019: ‘Girls in silk kimonos’, National Library of Ireland, Dublin 2
On Wednesday 30 January 2019 the National Library of Ireland, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2, in association with Dublin Lyric, hosted a performance of the late Miriam Gallagher’s play Girls in Silk Kimonos. Originally written for radio, the play centres on the correspondence between Constance Markievicz and her sister Eva Gore-Booth, focusing on Constance’s election to Westminster in…
Read MorePublication of ‘Decade of Centenaries: Second Phase Guidance, 2018—2023’ by Expert Advisory Group.
On Tuesday 8 January 2019 Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan T.D., today (8 January) outlined how the government plans to approach the development of an appropriate programme to mark the remainder of the Decade of Centenaries (2019—2023), marking the publication of ‘Decade of Centenaries: Second Phase Guidance, 2018—2023’ by the Expert Advisory…
Read More26 January 2019: ‘1919: Birth of a counter-state’, DCU St Patrick’s Campus, Dublin 9
On Saturday 26 January DCU hosted a seminar entitled ‘1919: Birth of a counter state’. This explored the beginnings of the Irish War of Independence and the establishment of the structures of a counter state with the foundation of the first Dáil Éireann in January 1919. Speakers included Catriona Crowe, Anne Dolan (TCD); Cecilié Gordon (Irish…
Read More26 January 2019: ‘An Chéad Dáil: Centenary of the First Dáil seminar’, Wexford Library
On Saturday 26 January 2019 Wexford Town Library commemorated the centenary of the First Dáil with a half day seminar. Speakers included Elaine Callinan (Carlow College), Maurice Manning (NUI), and Jim Ryan. The seminar took place in Wexford Town Library, Wexford. From RTÉ Archives: The first Dáil.
Read More23 January 2019: ‘Sworn to be free: a nation reborn’, Naas, Co. Kildare
On Wednesday 23 January 2019 Kildare Decade of Commemorations Committee presented a commemorative event, entitled ‘Sworn to be free: a nation reborn’, to mark the centenary of the meeting of the first Dáil Éireann in 1919. Of the 73 Sinn Féin MP’s who constituted themselves as the TD’s of the first Dáil only 28 (some…
Read More21 January 2019: ‘Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first Dáil’, Galway/Claregalway, Co. Galway
On Monday 21 January 2019 Galway County Council presented two lectures, to be delivered twice in two separate venues, to mark the centenary of the first Dáil. The first lecture, entitled ‘Revolution at the ballot box: County Galway and the 1918 general election’ was delivered by Conor McNamara, and the second lecture, entitled ‘From suffrage…
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