Events in June 2017
28 June 2017: Book launch and musical premiere based on the life of Francis Ledwidge, St Patrick’s Church of Ireland, Slane, Co. Meath
On Wednesday 28 June 2017 St Patrick’s Church of Ireland, Slane, Co. Meath, presented the launch of a new volume of poems by Susan Connolly based on the life of Francis Ledwidge, entitled The Orchard Keeper (Shearsman Books, 2017). The title refers to the orchard of Ledwidge’s close friend Matty Mc Goona’s orchard at Donoughmore, Navan.…
Read More28-29 June 2017: Launches of Terence Dooley’s ‘Monaghan: the Irish Revolution, 1912-23’, Co. Monaghan
On Wednesday 28 June and Thursday 29 June Four Courts Press presented two launches of the latest in its series of county histories of the Irish revolution: Terence Dooley’s Monaghan. In 1912, Monaghan unionists, together with unionists in wider Ulster, prepared to prevent the implementation of home rule. In their thousands, they signed the Ulster…
Read More26 June 2017: ‘Revolutionary masculinities’ symposium, Maynooth University, Co. Kildare
On Monday 26 June 2017 Maynooth University hosted the second one-day symposium arising from the IRC funded ‘Revolutionary masculinities’ project. This explores the significance of concepts of masculinity and male identity in public life and political discourse during the revolutionary decade 1912-23. The symposium was held in the John Hume Board Room, 3rd Floor, John…
Read More24-25 June 2017: Stoneybatter Festival at National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7
On Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 June, as part of the 2017 Stoneybatter Festival, the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7, will hosted a number of events relating the revolutionary decade 1912-23, including a family tour (with sign interpreter) of the Proclaiming a Republic exhibition, a tour for…
Read More24 June 2017: Commemoration of the centenary of the death of Francis Ledwidge, Slane, Co. Meath
On Saturday 24 May 2017 an official state ceremony to commemorate the poert Francis Ledwidge (1887-1917) took place in Slane, Co. Meath. A native of Slane, Ledwidge was the son of a farm labourer and, having left school at the age of 13, worked in a number of occupations. He was involved in labour politics…
Read More21 June 2017: Launch of Liz Gillis’s ‘May 25: Burning of the Custom House’, Irish Labour History Society, Haddington Road, Dublin 4
On Wednesday 21 June the Irish Labour History Society hosted the launch of Liz Gillis’s May 25: Burning of the Customs House. This new book is about burning of the Custom House on 25 May 1921, following a major attack by the Dublin Brigade of the IRA. The attack on the building, which houses the Department of…
Read More19 June 2017: ‘WW1 today: sharing community research during the centenary of WW1’, Ulster Museum, Belfast
On Monday 19 June the Ulster Museum, Belfast, hosted a seminar entitled ‘WW1 today: sharing community research during the centenary of WW1’. The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has been active in funding a wide range of community projects across the UK to mark the centenary of the First World War, and five public engagement centres have been…
Read More18 June 2017: ‘Battle of Messines’ seminar, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7
On Sunday 18 June the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7, hosted an afternoon seminar to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Messine. The keynote speaker was Kevin Myers, journalist and writer, alongside a panel of historians including Damien Burke (Jesuit Provincial Archive), Lar Joye (NMI) and…
Read More17 June 2017: Centenary concert to mark opening of Leopardstown Park Hospital, Foxrock, Dublin 18
On Sunday 17 June 2017 Leopardstown Park Hospital hosted a concert to mark the centenary of its foundation in 1917. In October 1917 Gertrude Dunning gifted Leopardstown Park, a country manor set in 100 acres of parkland, to the British Ministry of Pensions, to be usedto treat soldiers who had been disabled while serving with the British…
Read More12 June 2017: ‘Commemoration and conflict in Ireland’, Queen’s University Belfast
On Monday 12 June 2017 the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen’s University Belfast, hosted the second symposium of the ‘Commemorating partition and Civil Wars in Ireland, 2020-23’ project, entitled ‘Commemoration and conflict in Ireland’. Speakers included Gavin Foster (Concordia) and Anne Dolan (TCD), and the event also incorporated a keynote lecture by Richard Kearney (Boston…
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