Events in August 2017
24-26 August 2017: Inaugural Roger Casement Summer School, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
From Friday 24 to Saturday 26 August DLR Lexicon Library hosted an inaugural two day event that discussing and celebrating the life, work and legacy Roger Casement. Roger Casement (1864-1916) was born in Sandycove, Co. Dublin, the youngest child of four of an Antrim family. He worked in various employments in Africa before starting his diplomatic career…
Read More24 August 2017: Dublin launch of new edition of Seán Ó Lúing’s Thomas Ashe biography, National Library of Ireland, Dublin 2
On Thursday 24 August 2017 Mercier Press and the National Library of Ireland hosted the Dublin launch of a new edition of Sean Ó Lúing’s I die in a good cause: Thomas Ashe: A biography. A teacher by profession, Ashe was a prominent activist in most of the major nationalist organisations of the pre-independence period, including…
Read More18 August 2017: Launch of new edition of Seán Ó Lúing’s Thomas Ashe biography, Lispole, Co. Kerry
On Friday 18 August 2017 Mercier Press presented the launch of a new edition of Sean Ó Lúing’s I die in a good cause: Thomas Ashe: A biography in O’Sullivan’s Bar, Lispole, Co. Kerry. Originally from near Lispole and a teacher by profession, Ashe was a prominent activist in most of the major nationalist organisations of…
Read More4 August 2017: History Ireland ‘Hedge School’: ‘Thomas Ashe: martyr, musician, sportsman and Gaeilgeóir’, Lispole, Co. Kerry
On Friday 4 August 2017 a History Ireland ‘Hedge School’ debate took place in Lispole, Co. Kerry, entitled ‘Thomas Ashe: martyr, musician, sportsman and Gaeilgeóir’. A teacher by profession, Ashe was a prominent activist in most of the major nationalist organisations of the pre-independence period, including the Gaelic League, the Gaelic Athletic Association, the Irish Republican…
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