Events in July 2016
9 July 2016: State ceremony to mark centenary of the Battle of the Somme, Irish National War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge, Dublin 8
On Saturday 9 July 2016 the main state event to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, which is being held in conjunction with the Royal British Legion, took place in the Irish National War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge, Dublin 8 from 12 noon. The offensive on the Somme, in the Picardy region of northern…
Read More6 July 2016: ‘Words and music from the war’, National Library of Ireland, Kildare St, Dublin 2
On Wednesday 6 July, to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, the National Library of Ireland hosted an evening of words and music relating to the First World War including material from the NLI’s Collections. This included readings of poems and letters, with musical accompaniment. Listen back to the History Ireland ‘Hedge School’…
Read More5 July 2016: Michael Mallin commemoration, Dun Laoighaire Town Hall, Co. Dublin
On Tuesday 5 special event was hosted to remember Michael Mallin. one of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising, after whom Dun Laoghaire Station was renamed in 1966. Mallin features in the recent Royal Irish Academy publication 1916: Portraits and Lives, edited by James Quinn and Lawrence White, and illustrated by David Rooney. The event…
Read More3 July 2016: Exhibition and re-enactment display of First World War equipment, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7
On Sunday 3 July the National Museum of Ireland Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7, hosted an exhibition of replica uniforms, equipment and arms by Lord Edward’s Own re-enactment group as part of the museum’s Somme centenary programme. Admission was free. From Century Ireland: Myles Dungan on Ireland and the Somme.
Read More3 July 2016: Special screening of ‘The Battle of the Somme’, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
On Sunday 3 July at 3pm in the Century Cinema, Letterkenny, Donegal County Museum in partnership with Imperial War Museums (IWM) and Century Cinema hosted a special free screening of the 1916 film The Battle of the Somme. Shot and first screened in 1916, this was the first feature length documentary about war that changed the way…
Read More1-2 July 2016: ‘War and revolution in the west of Ireland’, NUI Galway
On Friday 1 and Saturday 2 July 2016. NUI Galway hosted a conference exploring ‘War and revolution in the west of Ireland’ between 1913 and 1918. It explored how, in the face of social and political upheaval, regional, sectional and ethnic identities offered an opportunity to impose order on social change in the decade prior to…
Read More1 July 2016: ‘"A regular hell": World War Ireland and the Battle of the Somme, National Library of Ireland, Kildare St, Dublin 2
On Friday 1 July the National Library of Ireland hosted a themed tour of the exhibition ‘World War Ireland: Exploring the Irish Experience’, which explores the uniquely Irish experience of the First World War. The tour had a special focus on the Battle of the Somme to mark the centenary of the beginning of the Somme offensive. The…
Read More1 July 2016: ‘The Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 with the 36th Ulster Division’, Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
On Friday 1 July 2016 at 7.30pm, Donegal County Museum presented ‘The Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 with the 36th Ulster Division’, a cloth model re-enactment by Col. Declan O’Carroll. This formed part of a series of events to commemorate the centenary of the Somme. Using a specially created cloth model, Col. O’Carroll re-enacted the…
Read More1 July: Somme centenary festival of remembrance, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim
On Friday 1 July 2016 Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, hosted a ‘festival of remembrance’ to mark the centenary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme was a national level event taking place at Carrickfergus on the evening of 1 July 2016. This event included a parade by veterans of the British Armed Services from across…
Read More1 July 2016: ‘A peal for the Somme’, island of Ireland
On Friday 1 July 2016 cathedrals and churches of all denominations across the island of Ireland were invited to participate in ‘A peal for the Somme’; an event to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the Battle of the Somme by tolling a funeral bell for 10 minutes on July 1 commencing at 7.30…
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