Events in March 2016
31 March 2016: ‘Limerick and 1916’ symposium, Hunt Museum, Limerick
On Thursday 31 March the Hunt Museum, Limerick hosted a symposium on ‘Limerick and 1916’, to accompany the ‘Limerick and the 1916 Rising’ exhibition at the museum. The exhibition focuses on the Daly Family collection held at Glucksman library, University of Limerick. The symposium contextualised the exhibition within the wider history of 1916 while highlighting Limerick…
Read More29 March 2016: Opening of Killorglin 1916 centenary committee exhibition, Killorglin Library, Co. Kerry
On Tuesday 29 March 2016 an exhibition organised by Killorglin 1916 centenary committee opened at Killorglin Library. Co. Kerry. This focuses on the deaths of three members of the Irish Volunteers at Ballykissane Pier on Good Friday 1916; they had been attempting to facilitate the landing of weapons from the German vessel Aud. The exhibition is free…
Read More28 March 2016: RTÉ 1916: Reflecting the Rising, Dublin City Centre
On Easter Monday, 28 March 2016, Dublin centre centre hosted RTÉ 1916: Reflecting the Rising, a large-scale multi-location public event featuring hundreds of talks, walking tours, music, dance, street art, street theatre, and moments of reflection and celebration. The event ran from 11am to 6pm. Hundreds of free events with a historical element are planned over eight city centre…
Read More27 March 2016: ‘Ireland’s war and the Easter Rising in a European context’, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin 2
On Sunday 27 March 2016 the National Gallery of Ireland hosted a lecture entitled ‘Ireland’s War and the Easter Rising in a European context’, by Jérôme aan de Wiel (UCC). This formed part of a free lecture series throughout the month of March looking at the theme of war and revolution in art, in association with…
Read More26-29 March 2016: State ceremonials to mark centenary of Easter Rising
From Saturday 26 March to Tuesday 29 March the state ceremonials to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising were observed nationwide. These were a mixture of formal ceremonial occasions and informal cultural and historical events, commencing on Easter Saturday, 26 April, with a ceremony in the Garden of Remembrance, Dublin. On Easter Sunday, 27…
Read More24 March 2016: Launch of ‘Reflecting 1916’ exhibition, Gallery of Photography, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
On Thursday 24 March 2016, at 1pm, the the Lord Mayor of Dublin Críona Ní Dhálaigh, officially launched the exhibition Reflecting 1916 in the Gallery of Photography, Meeting House Square, Dublin 2. Reflecting 1916 is a centrepiece installation of large-scale photos captures the destruction of Dublin and offers viewers a dramatic, immersive experience. This is contextualised by…
Read More22 March 2016: Launch of ‘One bold deed of open treason: the Berlin diary of Roger Casement, 1914-1916’, Gallery of Photography, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
22 March 2016: ‘The Arras Belfry (1916), 1917’, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin 2.
On Tuesday 22 March 22 2016 the National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square, Dublin 2, hosted a lecture by Andrew Moore entitled ‘WW1: The Arras Belfry (1916), 1917’. The eponymous painting by the French artist and WW1 veteran Fernand Sabbaté forms part of the gallery’s collection. This formed part of a free lecture series throughout…
Read More18-19 March: ‘Remembering, forgetting and fulfilling 1916’, Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford
On Friday 18 and Saturday 19 March the Church of Ireland hosted a conference in Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford, entitled ‘Remembering, forgetting and fulfilling 1916’. This conference, which is open to all, evaluated 1916 and the manner in which it has been remembered and used politically. A critical analysis was be made of the nature of…
Read More17 March 2016: Padraig Yeates lecture: ‘The women were worse then the men: crime in Dublin in 1916’, Rotunda Hospital, Dublin 1
On Thursday 17 March 2016 Padraig Yeates delivered a lecture entitled ‘The women were worse then the men: crime in Dublin in 1916’ in the Pillar Room of the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin 1. This formed part of an ongoing lectures series presented alongside the Rotunda’s 1916 centenary exhibition ‘Birth of a nation’. Listen back to…
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