Events in January 2016
21 January 2016: Jay Winter lecture on ‘1916 and the Great War’, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin 2
On Thursday 21 January 2016 the Royal Irish Academy hosted a lecture by Prof. Jay Winter (Yale) entitled ‘1916 and the Great War’. This lecture will highlight the way in which the arrival of the Kodak pocket camera transformed the visual history of the war, by making the censorship of soldiers’ photography a hopeless task. These…
Read More12 January 2016: Launch of ‘Dublin Rising 1916-2016’, Dublin
On Tuesday 12 January 2016 Google launched a new interactive Google Street View tour, entitled Dublin Rising 1916-2016 and narrated by actor Colin Farrell, in Dublin. This virtual tour lets visitors virtually explore the city streets, events and people who shaped history 100 years ago. It was launched by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD and Minister…
Read More1 January 2016: First State event of 2016 Commemorative Programme, Dublin Castle
On Friday 1 January 2016 the state commemorative programme to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising officially began with a ceremony in the Upper Castle Yard of Dublin Castle. The ceremony comprised two key elements: members of the Defence forces read the ‘Roll of Honour’ of those volunteers who lost their lives during the…
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