19 December 2014: Special screening of ‘Joyeux noel’, Rathoath, Co. Meath

On 19 December 2014 the inaugural meeting of the Rathoath Film Club took place with a screening of Christian Carion’s Joyeux noel (2005), to mark the centenary of the impromptu Christmas truce that took place along the Western Front during the First World War.  The screening was held in the Venue Theatre, Rathoath.   From the Imperial…

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27 November 2014: Lecture on ‘Trinity College Dublin and the First World War’ and launch of Kevin Myers’ ‘Ireland’s Great War’, Trinity College Dublin

On 27 November Dr Tomás Irish, Associate Director of the Centre for War Studies in Trinity College Dublin, gave a lecture entitled ‘Trinity College Dublin and the First World War’, as part of the ‘Tell me about’ lecture series hosted by the TCD School of Nursing and Midwifery. Over 3,000 students, staff, and alumni of the…

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