Events in January 2015
31 January 2015: Jim Larkin commemoration, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin
On Saturday 31 January 2015 a commemoration took place in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, to mark the anniversary of the death of James Larkin on 30 November 1947. As the leader of the ITGWU Larkin was one of the key figures in the 1913 Lockout. At 11am SIPTU vice-president Patricia King laid a wreath on behalf…
Read More31 January 2015: Deadline for Digital Repository of Ireland ‘Decade of Centenaries’ digital preservation award
To coincide with the programme of events for the ‘Decade of Centenaries’, in December 2014 the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) opened a call for expressions of interest from custodians of heritage material relating to the Decade of Centenaries who wish to digitally preserve their holdings. The winning collection will also be launched at DRI’s…
Read More30 January 2015: Deadline for proposals for 2015 WHAI conference on ‘Irish women in the First World War era’, NUI Maynooth, 10-11 April 2014
The 2015 Women’s History Association of Ireland Conference on the theme of ‘Irish women in the First World War Era’ will take place in NUI Maynooth on April 10-11, 2015. Keynote speakers include Sonja Tiernan (Liverpool Hope), Diane Urquhart (Liverpool) and Deborah Thom (Cambridge). The deadline for proposals for papers for the conference was 30 January…
Read More26 January-8 February 2015: ‘City, assembled: a moving panorama inspired by the Dublin Civic Exhibition of 1914’, City Assembly House, Dublin 2
From January 26 to February 8 2015 the City Assembly House, South William St, Dublin 2, will host City, assembled: a moving panorama inspired by the Dublin Civic Exhibition, 1914. This is a collaboration between UCD and IADT. The original Civic Exhibition was held in the grounds of Kings Inns and the adjoining Linen Hall…
Read More22-25 January 2015: ‘Theatre of war’ symposium, Abbey Theatre, Dublin
From Thursday 22 January to Saturday 25 January 2015 the Abbey Theatre, Dublin 1, hosted a symposium entitled ‘Theatre of war’. This followed the successful ‘Theatre of memory’ symposium held in January 2014. The 2015 symposium was be a unique gathering of artists, journalists and academics discussing the world’s most troubling conflicts from a global,…
Read More18 January 2015: Ardilaun memorial concert, All Saints’ Church, Raheny, Dublin 5
On January 18 2014 a concert took place in All Saints’ Church, Raheny, Dublin 5, to mark the centenary of the death of Arthur Edward Guinness (1840—1915), Baron Ardilaun. A grandson of the brewer Arthur Guinness, he was born at the Guinness estate of St Anne’s, Clontarf, which remained his principal Dublin residence in later…
Read More16 January 2015: History Ireland Hedge School: ‘Irish policing, 1814-2014’, National Museum of Ireland Country Life, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
On Friday 16 January a History Ireland ‘Hedge School’ took place at the National Museum of Ireland Country Life, Turlough, Castlebar, Co. Mayo to accompany the museum’s current exhibition Preserving the peace: policing on the island of Ireland, 1814-2014. Ireland’s first police force, the Peace Preservation Force, is a little over two centuries old. What went before? Why…
Read More14 January 2015: Lecture series on ‘Ireland and the First World War, Newry & Mourne Museum, Co. Down
In January and February 2015, as part of a Heritage Lottery funded First World War Project, Newry and Mourne Museum is holding an evening lecture series on ‘Ireland and the First World War’. The speakers and lecture topics are as follows: Wednesday 14 January: Prof. Keith Jeffery (Queen’s University, Belfast), ‘Joining up for what?…
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