Events in November 2014
12 November 2014: launch of ‘Ireland 2016’ programme to mark centenary of Easter Rising, GPO, Dublin
On Wednesday 12 November at the GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1, An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, An Tánaiste, Joan Burton TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, and Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD, officially launched Ireland 2016; a national initiative which includes a…
Read More11 November 2014: ‘Women and the First World War’ conference and book launch, PRONI, Belfast
On 11 November 2014 the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) hosted a half-day conference entitled ‘Women and the First World War’. This was to mark the publication of The First World War diaries of Emma Duffin, edited by Trevor Parkhill, formerly of PRONI, and will some aspects of the experiences of Irish women…
Read More11 November 2014: Armistice Day marked at events in Dublin
On Tuesday 11 November 2014 a series of events took place in Dublin to mark Armistice Day. These were led by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, who was joined by Arlene Foster MLA, Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in the Northern Ireland Executive, and by Dr Andrew Murrison MP,…
Read More9, 23, 30 November 2014: screenings of French TV series ‘Apocalypse’ in National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks
On Sunday 9 November the National Museum of Ireland (Decorative Arts and History) Collins Barracks began to show Apocalypse, a five-part French television series set during World War One. Apocalypse uses archival footage to explore both the everyday live of civilians behind the lines and the experience of the war in the trenches in northern France. It also…
Read More9 November 2014: Irish government represented at Remembrance Sunday services in Belfast, Dublin, Enniskillen and London
On 9 November 2014—Remembrance Sunday—the Irish government was represented at ceremonies in Belfast, Dublin, Enniskillen and London to commemorate the dead of the First World War. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charles Flanagan TD, attended the ceremony at the cenotaph at Belfast City Hall; An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD laid a wreath at the cenotaph…
Read More9 November 2014: History Ireland ‘Hedge School’: ‘The northwest at war, 1914-18’, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
On Sunday 9 November at 2.30pm a History Ireland ‘Hedge School’ debate took place in the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, on the topic of ‘The northwest at war, 1914-18′. The event was part of the Allingham Festival. The debate was chaired by Tommy Graham, editor of History Ireland, and the panelists were Jonathan Bardon, Jeff Kildea…
Read More7 November 2014: British Legion remembrance mass, City Quay Church, Dublin 2
The Dublin Central Branch of the Royal British Legion celebrated its annual Remembrance Mass to honour the dead of the First World War at the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary on City Quay, Dublin 2. This mass is celebrated annually on the Sunday closest to Armistice Day, 11 November. Click here for…
Read More7 November 2014: Opening of ‘Phoenix rising: art and civic imagination’, Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane
On 7 November 2014 the exhibition Phoenix rising: art and civic imagination opened at Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane. This exhibition and related events explore the current place of civic ideals in urban life and contemporary art practice. It references Dublin’s 1914 Civic Exhibition, which was inspired by the work of Scottish biologist, sociologist and planner…
Read More1 November: 94th anniversary commemoration of the execution of Kevin Barry, Glasnevin Cemetery
On 1 November 2014 a commemoration took place in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin to mark the 94th anniversary of the execution of Kevin Barry on 1 November 1920. Barry was 8 Fleet St, Dublin 2, on 20 January 1902. He was the son of a dairyman and was a student in University College Dublin; he joined…
Read More1 November 2014: ‘We serve neither king nor kaiser’: 2014 Irish Labour History Society Conference, Beggars Bush Barracks, Dublin 4
On Saturday 1 November the 2014 annual conference of the Irish Labour History Society took place in the ILHS premises in Beggars Bush, Dublin 4. The title of the conference was ‘We serve neither king nor kaiser”, which tooks as its theme Ireland during the period of the First World War, 1914-18. Speakers included Pádraig Yeates, Theresa…
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