Events in February 2015
27 February-1 April 2015: ‘Fields of war: contemporary approaches to painting World War One’, Tipperary Excel Arts Centre, Tipperary
Between 27 February and 1 April 2015 Tipperary Excel Arts Centre, Tipperary Town, hosted an exhibition entitled ‘Fields of war: contemporary approaches to painting World War One. Paul Woods is an Irish artist who graduated from Limerick School of Art and Design. He has exhibited in Ireland, America and Poland, and the impact of warfare…
Read More26 February 2015: An Taoiseach Enda Kenny launches 1916 exhibition, Louth County Museum, Dundalk
On Thursday 26 February 2015 An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, has today (Thurs, Feb 26) officially opened Ireland’s first exhibition to mark the imminent 1916 centenary, entitled Birth of a nation: the evolution of Irish Nationhood, 1641-1916, at Louth County Museum, Dundalk, Co Louth. Speaking at the launch, Mr Kenny observed that ‘this exhibition, the…
Read More25 February 2015: Lecture on Cumann na mBan in Leitrim, Ballinamore Library, Co. Leitrim
On Wednesday 25 February 2015 a lecture titled ‘Cumann na mBan in Leitrim’ was delivered by Cormac Ó Súilleabháin, author of Leitrim’s republican story, 1900-2000 (2014: available from Leitrim Genealogy Centre). The lecture took place in Ballinamore Library, Co Leitrim. From RTÉ: Cumann na mBan: forgotten women of the revolution.
Read More19 February 2015: Launch of ‘Thomas Fitzpatrick and the Leprecaun cartoon monthly, 1905-1915’, Dublin City Library and Archive, Dublin 2
On Thursday 19 February, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr. Christy Burke, launched Thomas Fitzpatrick and the Leprecaun cartoon monthly, 1915-1915′, by James Curry (NUIG) and Ciaran Wallace (TCD). This is the latest publications being released as part of Dublin City Council’s ongoing ‘Decade of Commemorations’ series. The Lepracaun cartoon monthly was an important satirical magazine, published…
Read More19 February 2015: Start of spring lecture series on ‘Becoming revolutionary: the year before 1916’, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, Dublin
On 19 February 2015, Glasnevin Trust in association with Trinity College Dublin launched its 2015 spring lecture series entitled ‘Becoming revolutionary: The year before 1916’. The lecture series examined the lives of a number of Irish revolutionaries, to explain how they became involved in a cycle of events that would culminate in the rebellion of 1916. What…
Read More18 February 2015: Launch of exhibition on ‘Guinness and the war, 1914-18’, Little Museum of Dublin
On Wednesday 18 February 2015 an exhibition dedicated to Guinness employees who served in the First World War opened in The Little Museum of Dublin. Broadcaster Gay Byrne, whose father fought in the war and was later employed by Guinness, launched the Diageo Guinness World War One Archive exhibition at the Ireland Funds Gallery in…
Read More10 February 2015: Tim Horgan lecture on Irish Revolution in Kerry, Tralee Library, Co. Kerry
On 10 February 2015 Dr. Tim Horgan gave a lecture in Tralee Library based on his recent book The men will talk to me: Kerry interviews by Ernie O’Malley. The book was an edited collection of interviews with Kerry veterans of the revolutionary period, originally conducted by the Mayo-born IRA commander Ernie O’Malley (1897-1957) in…
Read More3 February 2015: ‘Hidden pages from World War One’, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin
On Tuesday 3 February 2015 the Irish Society for Archives, in association with St Patrick’s Cathedral, organised a seminar entitled Hidden pages from World War One, which took place in the Lady Chapel of St Patrick’s Cathedral. The purpose of the seminar was to highlight previously unknown archival sources on soldiers and civilians in World War…
Read More2 February-30 April 2015: ‘Pals: the Irish at Gallipoli’, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7
Between 2 February and 30 April 2015 the National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks, hosted Pals: the Irish at Gallipoli. Award-winning theatrical producers ANU Productions present an immersive World War One experience, based on the events surrounding the campaign at Gallipoli in Turkey and inspired by the previously untold stories of the…
Read More1 February 2015: Unveiling of memorial stone to Michael O’Leary VC, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin
At 1pm on Sunday February 1 2015 a ceremony took place in Glasnevin Cemetery to unveil a memorial stone to Major Michael O’Leary VC of the Irish Guards. Originally from Inchigeela, Co. Cork, in February 1915, O’Leary was awarded the Victoria Cross after single-handedly charging two German barricades in France, killing eight men and taking…
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