Events in October 2016
27-28 October 2016: ‘1916: Home: 2016’, UCD, Dublin 4
On Thursday 27 and Friday 28 October 2016 UCD hosted the second 1916:HOME:2016 conference, commemorating the closure of Ireland’s last Magdalene Laundry in 1996. The conference considered the history of the state since 1916 and the ways in which the ideals of the 1916 Rising were betrayed by the realities of the state, and in particular…
Read More26 October 2016: Inspiration proclamation: Roddy Doyle in conversation, National Library of Ireland, Dublin 2
On Wednesday 26 October 2016 the National Library of Ireland hosted the latest in a series of public interviews considering the relevance of the 1916 proclamation: is it seen now as an inspirational text or as a historical document? A diverse and distinguished list of speakers will give their individual responses, in an interview series that…
Read More22 October 2016: Universities Ireland conference: ‘Historians on 1916’, Mansion House, Dublin 2
On Saturday 22 October 2016, Universities Ireland, the all-island coordinating body for Ireland’s ten universities north and south, organised a major conference at the Conference and Events Venue at Dublin’s Mansion House entitled ‘Historians on 1916′. Following the wave of commemorations on Ireland’s two great foundation narratives, the Easter Rising and the Somme, this conference will…
Read More19 October 2016: Inspiration proclamation: Prof. Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh in conversation, National Library of Ireland, Kildare St, Dublin 2
On Wednesday 19 October 2016 the National Library of Ireland hosted the second in a series of public interviews considering the relevance of the 1916 proclamation: is it seen now as an inspirational text or as a historical document? A diverse and distinguished list of speakers will give their individual responses, in an interview series that…
Read More14 October 2016: ‘Crisis and commemoration in modern Ireland, 1916-2016’, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
On Friday 14 October 2016 Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, hosted a one-day symposium organised by its Department of English language and literature and supported by the Irish Research Council, entitled ‘Crisis and commemoration in modern Ireland, 1916-2016’. This one-day event explored how modern and contemporary Irish history can be understood as dialectical processes of crises,…
Read More13 October 2016: ‘Countess Markievicz from revolutionary feminist to a Minister of Labour, Dáil Éireann 1919’, TEEU Head Office, Dublin 1
On Wednesday 13 October 2016 the Technical, Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) hosted a seminar on the life and career of Constance Markievicz, who was amongst the founders of the union. Speakers included Eamon Devoy, Patrick Quigley, and Padraig Yeates. The seminar took place at the TEEU head office, 6 Gardiner Row, Dublin 1, at 7.30pm.…
Read More13-15 October 2016: ‘Making memory’ conference, National Gallery of Ireland/NCAD, Dublin
From Thursday 13 October to Saturday 15 October the National Gallery of Ireland and NCAD jointly hosted a conference entitled ‘Making Memory: visual and material cultures of commemoration in Ireland’. This cross-disciplinary conference on visual and material cultures of commemoration in Ireland since c.1800 addressed how objects, images, spaces and material practices have worked and been…
Read More13 October 2016: ‘Incarcerated bodies: hunger striking and internment’ symposium, Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin 8
On Thursday 13 October Kilmainham Gaol hosted a one-day symposium entitled ‘Incarcerated bodies: hunger striking and internment’. Hunger strikes/striking present a range of political, ethical, medical, physical, emotional and gendered problems. As such, they prove difficult to historicise and commemorate. Incarcerated Bodies was a symposium which provided an opportunity for academics (national and international), museum and…
Read More11 October 2016: ‘Talking about 1916: is remembering important?’, Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum, Lisburn
On Tuesday 11 October 2016, as part of its Autumn talks programme, the Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum, Lisburn, hosted a panel discussion on the question of whether remembering historical events is important or not, with particular reference to the Easter Rising of 1916 and the Battle of the Somme. The talk will be…
Read More11 October 2011: ‘Atlas of the Irish Revolution’ lecture series: ‘Burying the past or celebrating it: commemorating the Irish revolution’, National Library of Ireland, Kildare St, Dublin 2
On Tuesday 11 October 2016 the National Library of Ireland hosted the second in a series of lectures based on the forthcoming Atlas of the Irish Revolution. Dr Roisín Higgins (Teeside) spoke on ‘Burying the past or celebrating it: commemorating the Irish revolution’. This lecture looks at the tangled history of commemorating the revolutionary period in Ireland.…
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