Events in February 2018
27 February 2018: History Ireland Hedge School: ‘Cinema in revolutionary Ireland’, National Library of Ireland, Dublin 2
On Tuesday 27 February 2018 the National Library of Ireland, Kildare St, Dublin 2, hosted a History Ireland ‘Hedge School’ debate on ‘Cinema in revolutionary Ireland’. In early twentieth-century Ireland, cinema was a relatively new form of mass entertainment. Previously ignored as a pernicious working class fad both by the British authorities and by their…
Read More17 February 2017: ‘New voices in womens history’, Dublin City Library and Archive, Dublin 2
On Saturday 17 February 2018 Dublin City Library and Archive hosted a one day seminar entitled ‘New voices in women history’. 2018 sees the centenary of a critical moment in Irish history when women secured the vote. This seminar commemorated this event by highlighting historical research being carried out by a new generation of dynamic scholars,…
Read More6 February 2018: Suffrage and society: Then and now: Reflections on the Representation of the People Act, 1918
On Tuesday 6 February 2018, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act, 1918, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) in conjunction with Queens University Belfast and the Ulster Society of Irish Historical Studies hosted a full day conference examining the history and context of the act. The conference…
Read More1-28 February 2018: ‘Jesuit chaplains in the First World War’, County Library, Tallaght, Dublin 24
From Thursday 1 February to Thursday 28 February 2018 the County Library, Tallaght, D24 A3EX, hosted an exhibition by the Irish Jesuit Archives, entitled ‘Jesuits Chaplains and Rathfarnham Castle in the First World War’. This exhibition tells the story of the 32 Irish Jesuits who served in the Great War, either as volunteers or by being appointed…
Read More1 February 2018: ‘Rocking the system’ launch, Poetry Ireland, Dublin 1
On Thursday 1 February 2018 the launch of Siobhan Parkinson’s Rocking the system took place at Poetry Ireland, 11 Parnell Square East, Dublin. Published by Little Island Books, Rocking the system includes twenty essays, illustrated by Bren Luke, on Irish women, historical and contemporary, who have defied cultural norms around femininity and gone on to significant achievements. The subjects include Eileen…
Read More1 February 2018: ‘Representation, gender and politics past and present’, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin 2
On Thursday 1 February 2018 the Royal Irish Academy presented a one day conference at Academy House, 19 Dawson St, Dublin 2, to mark the centenary of female suffrage and the extension of male suffrage. 2018 will mark 100 years since the commencement of the Representation of the People Act 1918 and the Parliament (Qualification…
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