Events in February 2016
29 February-4 March 2016: ‘Pull down a Horseman: the secret meeting that agreed the date for the Easter Rising’
From Monday 29 February to Friday 4 March the National Library of Ireland, Kildare St, Dublin 2, hosted a daily performance of Eugene McCabe’s one-act play Pull Down a Horseman: the secret meeting that agreed the date for the Easter Rising. Originally written to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1966, the…
Read More27 February 2016: ‘Children of the Irish Revolution’ symposium, DCU St Patrick’s Campus, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
On Saturday 27 February Dublin City University will host a one day seminar on its St Patrick’s Campus, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, entitled ‘Children and the Irish Revolution’. This explored children’s engagement with the Irish revolution from a wide range of perspectives and was opened by Joe Duffy (RTÉ). View the full programme here. From History…
Read More27 February 2016: ‘Brothers of the people: 400 years of Capuchin Franciscan service in Ireland’, Church St Friary, Dublin 7
On 27 February 2016, to mark the 400th anniversary of the Capuchin Franciscan Service in Ireland, Church St Friary, Dublin 7 hosted free conference on different aspects of the contribution of the Irish Capuchins to the history and culture of Ireland. It took place in Church St. Friary on Saturday February 27 from 10:30am –…
Read More26-27 February 2016: Roundwood and district historical and folklore society 1916 centenary seminar, Roundwood, Co. Wicklow
On 26-27 February the Roundwood and district historical and folklore society 1916 centenary seminar took place in Roundwood, Co. Wicklow. This included a History Ireland ‘Hedge School‘ debate on the topic of ‘The 1916 proclamation: then and now’. Speakers included Liam Kennedy (QUB), Mary McAuliffe (UCD), Hunan O’Halpin (TCD), Kevin Whelan (Notre Dame), and Padraig Yeates…
Read More22 February 2016: Launch of ‘Fighting Irish: the Irish regiments in the Great War’, Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Belfast
On Monday 22 February 2016 Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Christ Church Building, College Square East, Belfast BT1 6DL, hosted the Belfast launch of Fighting Irish: The Irish Regiments in the First World War, by Gavin Hughes. The launch took place at 6.30pm.
Read More17 February 2016: ‘A state of chassis’: ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances in Dublin in 1916, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 8
On Wednesday 17 February 2016 the Church of Ireland Historical Centenaries Working Group marked the centenary of the Easter Rising with an evening seminar considering the lives of ‘ordinary’ people in Dublin at the time of the Easter Rising, living at a time when, as Sean O’Casey put it, many felt they were living through a…
Read More7, 14, 21, 28 February: ‘Pull down a Horseman: the secret meeting that agreed the date for the Easter Rising’, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7
Each Sunday throughout February the National Museum of Ireland (Decorative Arts and History) hosted performances of Eugene McCabe’s one-act play Pull Down a Horseman: the secret meeting that agreed the date for the Easter Rising. Originally written to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1966, the play is based on actual events and dramatises the…
Read More12-13 February 2016: ‘From Sackville St to the Somme’, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7
On Friday 12 and Saturday 13 February the Military History Society of Ireland held its annual conference, entitled ‘From Sackville St to the Somme: Irishmen and women at war in 1916’, at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7. Speakers included Charles Townshend, Nicholas Perry, Stephen Sandford, Martin Staunton, Emmanuel Destenay, Fionnuala Walsh,…
Read More11 February 2016: Lecture on ‘Captain Jack White and the revolution of the soul’, Irish-Polish Society, 20 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2
On 11 February the Irish Polish Society hosted a lecture by Pat Quigley entitled ‘Captain Jack White & the Revolution of the Soul’. White (1879-1946) was a British army veteran who became a Home Ruler, and was involved in the foundation of the Irish Citizen Army and the Irish Volunteers. Originally from an Ulster Protestant background,…
Read More11 February 2016: Lecture: ‘The archaeology of a decade of war: the landscape of the Easter Rising’, National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St, Dublin 2
On Thursday 11 February Lar Joye, Curator, National Museum of Ireland, gave a lecture on ‘The landscape of the Easter Rising’ as part of the ongoing ‘Archaology of a decade of war’ series. being hosted as part of the National Museum of Ireland’s 1916 public engagement programme. This examine the 1916 Rising from a military…
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