Events in November 2015
16 November 2015: Galway launch of ‘Letters of 1916’ project, NUI Galway
On Monday 16 November the Galway launch of the Letters of 1916 project took place in NUI Galway. The project was originally set up to create a crowd-sourced archive of personal letters and testimonies relating to the period before and after the Easter Rising, from 1 November 1915 to 31 October 1916. To date, it…
Read More14 November 2015: History Ireland ‘Hedge School’: ‘The people of 1916’, Dublin Book Festival, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin 8
On Saturday 14 November a History Ireland Hedge School debate on ‘The people of 1916’ took place as part of the Dublin Book Festival. In conversation with History Ireland editor Tommy Graham, the panel explored the people of 1916, from the famous personalities to the women and children of the rising. Turtle Bunbury discussed his new…
Read More14 November 2015: ‘Gallipoli: perspectives’, National Library of Ireland, Kildare St, Dublin 2
On Saturday 14 November 2015 the National Library of Ireland hosted a seminar offering five differing perspectives on the Gallipoli campaign. The speakers are, His Excellency Necip Egüz (ambassador of the Republic of Turkey); Philip Orr (author of ‘ Field of Bones: An Irish Division at Gallipoli); David Davin Power (RTÉ); Jennifer Wellington (UCD); and Neale Rooney (Letters of 1916).…
Read More13-14 November 2015: ‘1916 Roadshow’, Waterford Treasures Museum, Waterford
On Friday 13 and Saturday 14 November Waterford Treasures hosted a ‘1916 Roadshow’ as part of the preparations for a permanent exhibition to commemorate the 1916 Rising. They were particularly interested in hearing from relatives of members of the following organisations in Waterford prior to 1922: Conradh na Gaeilge (the Gaelic League); Sinn Féin; Cumann na mBan; Na Fianna Éireann;…
Read More11 November 2015: Remembrance Day Commemoration, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin 11
On 11 November 2015 Glasnevin Trust hosted a sequence of events to mark Remembrance Day, commemorating the armistice that ended the First World War. In 2008, Glasnevin Trust and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission set about a task of marking previously unmarked graves in Glasnevin Cemetery of World War I and World War II graves of…
Read More8 November 2015: Irish government represented at Remembrance Sunday services in Dublin and Enniskillen
On Sunday 8 November the annual Remembrance Day Service took place in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. The service was attended by President Michael D. Higgins, and the government was represented by an Tánaiste, Joan Burton TD and the Minister for Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD. Also in attendence were members of the Oireachtas,…
Read More7 November 2015: History Ireland ‘Hedge School’: ‘1916 outside Dublin’, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
On Saturday 7 November a History Ireland ‘Hedge School’ debate took place in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal as part of the Allingham Festival, on the subject is ‘1916 outside Dublin’. Next year’s commemorations of the 1916 Rising will naturally be focused on Dublin, where most of the action took place. But what happened (or didn’t happen) beyond the…
Read More6 November 2015: Government announces programme of events to mark centenary of the Battle of the Somme in 2016
On Friday 6 November 2015 An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan TD, announced a programme of events to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme in 2016 as part of the Decade of…
Read More2 November 2015: Launch of ‘1916: Portraits and Lives’, Royal Irish Academy, Dawson St, Dublin 2
On Tuesday 2 November the Royal Irish Academy, Dawson St, Dublin, 2, hosted the launch of 1916: Portraits and Lives, edited by James Quinn and Lawrence White. The book was launched by An Tanaiste, Joan Burton TD. The book is an anthology of 40 biographies, drawn from the RIA Dictionary of Irish Biography, that relate to the…
Read More1 November 2015: 95th anniversary of execution of Kevin Barry, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin 11
On 1 November 2015 a commemoration took place in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin to mark the 95th anniversary of the execution of Kevin Barry on 1 November 1920. Barry was 8 Fleet St, Dublin 2, on 20 January 1902. He was the son of a dairyman and was a student in University College Dublin; he joined…
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