Events in June 2017
10 June 2017: ‘Ministers of Mercy: the Capuchins and the struggle for independence’, University College Cork
On Saturday 10 June 2017 University College Cork hosted a one-day conference entitled ‘Minister of Mercy: the Capuchins and the struggle for independence’. The Capuchin priests, most especially those based on Church St in Dublin, played a significant role in the struggle for independence after the Easter Rising of 1916, during which they had adminsitred…
Read More9-10 June 2017: ‘Women’s voices in Ireland’, University College Cork
On Friday 9 and Saturday 10 June 2017 Women’s Studies at UCC hosted a weekend festival to explore the theme of women’s voices in Ireland. Voices can be expressed in a multitude of ways and the festival included activism, history drama, film, music and poetry and other expressions of the female voice, as well as…
Read More9-11 June 2017: ‘Irish Military Seminar 2017’, Newbridge, Co. Kildare
On 9-11 June 2017 Kildare County Council’s in association with Ireland’s Military Story, Merrion Press and June Fest, hosted the inaugural Irish Military Seminar, at the Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare. The aim of the seminar was to look at all aspects of Irish military history, in a county that has a long association…
Read More8-11 June 2017: Programme of events to mark centenary of the death of Major William (Willie) Redmond MP, Wexford
Between Thursday 8 June and Sunday 11 June 2017 Wexford County Council organised a sequence of events to commemorate the death of Major William (Willie) Redmond MP (1861-1917), the younger brother of the Home Rule leader John Redmond, who was killed on the Western Front. Willie Redmond was MP for East Clare, and having briefly…
Read More7 June 2017: Joint British-Irish ceremony to mark centenary of Battle of Messine, Island of Ireland Peace Park, Belgium
On 7 June 2017 the Island of Ireland Peace Park marks the centenary of the battle of Messines, on the Western Front. This was a preliminary engagement intended to prepare the way for a much wider Allied offensive in and around the Belgian city of Ypres (Ieper) in the summer of 1917; the objective was…
Read More6-11 June 2017: Lecture series, Ginchy Cross display, and Royal British Legion commemoration to mark centenary of the Battle of Messines, Armagh
From 6-10 June 2017 a series of lectures were delivered in the Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Library and Archive, Moy Road, Armagh, on the Battle of Messines and on the local and social impact of the First World War In addition, the library hosted the Ginchy Cross throughout this period This cross was carved in…
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