Events in March 2015
31 March 2015: Launch of ‘Ireland 2016’ centenary programme, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7
On Tuesday 31 March the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD and Minister of State Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD were joined by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD and An Tánaiste, Joan Burton TD, at an event in the National Museum of Ireland in Collins Barracks to launch the Ireland 2016 centenary programme,…
Read More27 March 2015: ‘A terrible beauty – echoes of Easter 1916’, Dublin Institute of Technology
On Friday 27 March the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) Conservatory of Music and Drama presented a selection of rehearsed readings, songs and poetry inspired by the insurrection in Dublin: A terrible beauty – echoes of Easter 1916. The performance took place at 1pm and 7pm at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, 163-167…
Read More26 March 2015: History Ireland ‘Hedge School’: ‘Remembering 1916’, Ulster Museum, Belfast
On 26 March 2015 a History Ireland ‘Hedge School’ debate took place in the Ulster Museum, Belfast, as part of a free public evening of debate on 1916. While the Easter Rising and the battle of the Somme, both of which took place in 1916, are important historical events in their own right, their significance also lies…
Read More19 March 2015: Dublin City Council announces 1916 Rising commemoration fund for communities
on 19 March Dublin City Council announced a new grants scheme to encourage public participation in the commemorations of the 1916 Rising. The Council accepted applications from community groups and organisations in Dublin who want to organise events and projects to commemorate the 1916 Rising. Dublin City Council made €150,000 available in funding, distributed equally across…
Read More18 March 2015: Launch of biographies of Con Colbert and Willie Pearse in O’Brien Press ’16 Lives’ series, Dublin
On Wednesday 18 March 2015 at 6pm Hodges Figgis bookshop, on Dawson St, Dublin 2, hosted the launch of the latest volumes in the O’Brien Press ’16 Lives’ series. The series was launched in 2012, and consists of biographies of the 16 men executed for their involvement in the Easter Rising of 1916. The…
Read More16 March 2015: Relaunch of Trinity College Dublin online course ‘Irish lives in war and revolution, 1912-1923’
On 16 March 2015 Trinity College Dublin, in partnership with FutureLearn, relaunched its enormously successful MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) ‘Irish lives in war and revolution: Exploring Irish history, 1912-1923′, which was originally launched in May 2014. The course, which will be available via computers, mobile phones and tablets, invites learners to explore the lives…
Read More14 March-11 October 2015: Patrick Pearse oration re-enactment, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin 11
From 14 March to 11 October 2015 Glasnevin Trust hosted a daily re-enactment of the speech delivered by Patrick Pearse at the grave of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa on 1 August, 1915. This was to mark the centenary of the funeral of O’Donovan Rossa, and Pearse’s speech, with its famous refrain ‘the fools, the fools, the…
Read More12 March 2015: World War One lecture, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7
On Thursday 12 March 2015, Alex Turner, commander of the Irish Guards regiment, delivered a lecture in the Palatine Room of the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, to an audience of invited guests including Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and his son Alexander. The event was attended by the British ambassador, Dominick Chilcott, the…
Read More11 March 2015: Launch of Diarmaid Ferriter’s ‘A nation and not a rabble: the Irish revolution, 1913-1923’, National Archives of Ireland, Dublin
On Wednesday 11 March 2015 at 6.30pm the National Archives of Ireland hosted the Dublin launch of Diarmaid Ferriter’s A nation and not a rabble: the Irish Revolution, 1913-1923. Ferriter is Professor of modern Irish history at UCD, and his new book is a comprehensive study of the historiography, events and legacies of the revolutionary decade 1913-1923. The…
Read More10 March 2015: An Taoiseach Enda Kenny launches Glasnevin Trust '1916 Necrology', Government Buildings, Dublin
On 10 March 2015 An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, launched an online 1916 Easter Rising Necrology. The list, researched by the Glasnevin Trust shows 485 men, women and children killed during or as a direct result of the 1916 Rising. Some of the names of those listed are well known, but the majority are the unknown…
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