4 May 2017: History Ireland ‘Hedge School: ‘Ireland, the United States and the war at sea, 1917’, Cobh Library, Cobh, Co. Cork

On Thursday 4 May, as part of CAFE Readers and Writers Festival,  Cobh Library hosted a History Ireland ‘Hedge School’ debate entitled ‘Ireland, the United States and the war at sea, 1917’. 1917 was the pivotal year of the First World War. At its outset German U-boats were inflicting huge damage on Allied shipping, while…

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24 April 2017: ‘Commemorating 1916: a retrospective discussion’, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2

On Monday 24 April 2017 the Irish Historical Society’s April meeting presented a panel discussion entitled ‘Commemorating 1916: A Retrospective Discussion’, with Prof. David Fitzpatrick (Trinity College Dublin), Dr Lisa Godson (National College of Art and Design) and Lar Joye (National Museum of Ireland). The discussion took place at 7pm in the Neill Hoey Lecture Theatre, Trinity…

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21 April 2017: History Ireland ‘Hedge School’: ‘Now you see them, now you don’t’: women in the Irish revolution’, Mechanics Institute, Galway

On Friday 21 April, as part of the Women’s History Association of Ireland annual conference, a History Ireland ‘Hedge School’ debate took place in the Mechanics Institute, Middle St, Galway, entitled ‘Now you see them, now you don’t’: women in the Irish revolution.’ This explored the role of women in the revolutionary decade, as activists,…

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20 April 2017: Launch of ‘Portrait of a century’ exhibition, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7

On Wednesday 20 April 2017 President Michael D. Higgins launched the exhibition Portrait of a century at the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7. This photographic exhibition by Dublin-born photographer Kim Haughton was intended to encapsulate modern Ireland in the century after the Easter Rising via portraits of 100 individuals,…

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18 April 2017: Dublin City Hall lunchtime lecture: ‘The Iegacy of Ireland’s role in the First World War’, Dublin City Hall, Dublin 2

On Tuesday 18 April 2017 Dublin City Council  presented the third of its 2017 lunchtime lecture series on the theme of ‘Remembrance & commemoration: the First World War’. The First World War was at that date the most devastating conflict in world history – never before had so many people been slaughtered and so many…

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