Events in September 2015
26 September 2015: Official unveiling of World War One memorial stone at TCD Hall of Honour, Trinity College Dublin
On Saturday 26 September a memorial stone was unveiled in Trinity College Dublin in honour of TCD students, staff and alumni who lost their lives in the First World War. The engraved stone was unveiled at the Hall of Honour, in TCD’s Parliament Square with staff, students and members of the public in attendance. Ambassadors…
Read More25 September-10 October 2015: Dublin Festival of History
The 2015 Dublin Festival of History took from 25 September to 10 October 2015. The festival, which is managed by Dublin Public Libraries, was first hosted in 2013, and consists of a wide range of events: a series of lectures and discussions hosted in Dublin Castle Printworks; walking tours, public talks hosted in Dublin City…
Read More24 September 2015: Publication of ‘Irish Times’ 2016 centenary supplement: ‘Children and the revolution’
On Wednesday 24 September The Irish Times published a supplement entitled Children and the revolution. The supplement, which was published with the support of the Ireland 2016 centenary programme to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising, is intended as an introduction to the Rising for children and teenagers and corresponds to the ‘Youth and imagination’ stand of…
Read More18-27 September: ‘From the Lockout to the trenches…or the GPO?’: East Wall History Festival 2015, East Wall, Dublin 3
The 2015 East Wall History Festival took place in East Wall, Dublin 3, from 18-27 September 2015. Organised by the East Wall Local History Group, this community festival took as its theme the experience of the Revolutionary Decade 1913-23 in the East Wall region of Dublin, with particular emphasis on working-class culture and Dublin’s Docklands.…
Read More18-19 September 2015: ‘Ballinasloe 1915 reimagined’, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
On Friday 18 and Saturday 19 September St Brigid’s Heritage Group, Ballinasloe, organised a major centenary event in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, entitled ‘Ballinasloe 1915 reimagined’. This free programme of events incorporated a wide variety of performances, re-enactments, lectures and exhibitions intended to recreate and examine all aspects of life in Ballinasloe in the year prior to…
Read More18 September 2015: State funeral of Thomas Kent, Castlelyons, Co. Cork
On 18 September 2015 the state funeral of Thomas Kent (1865-1916) took place in Castlelyons, Co. Cork. Thomas Kent and his brother William Kent were arrested following a RIC raid at the family home on 2 May 1916, in the aftermath of the Easter Rising. Their brother Richard was wounded trying to escape and died shortly…
Read More17 September 2015: History Ireland ‘Hedge School: ‘Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa: his life and afterlife’, and launch of O’Donovan Rossa centenary exhibition, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, Dublin 11
On Thursday 17 September 2015 Glasnevin Trust hosted a History Ireland ‘Hedge School’ debate on ‘Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa: his life and afterlife’. In 1856 Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa began a revolutionary career that would span nearly 60 years when he founded the Phoenix Society, subsumed two years later into the Irish Republican Brotherhood. It ended with his…
Read More17 September 2015: ‘Revolution in Galway’ open evening, Galway City Museum
On Thursday 17 September Galway City Museum hosted an open evening entitled ‘Revolution in Galway’, at which members of the public who had stories, memorabilia or objects relating to Galway in the revolutionary period (1913-23) were encouraged to share them with the museum. All original material was scanned and copied, and was returned to its…
Read More4-5 September 2015: Tionól Mhic Easmainn/Roger Casement autumn gathering, Tralee, Co. Kerry
On 4-5 September the 2015 Tionól Mhic Easmainn/Roger Casement autumn gathering took place at Fels Point Hotel, Tralee. This annual event is organised to commemorate and the examine the life and career of the colonial official humanitarian and Irish republican Roger Casement (1864-1916). Speakers included Prof. Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh (NUIG), Éamon Ó Cuív, TD, Tim Horgan, and Pádraig Ó…
Read More4 September 2015: ‘Researching the Irish Parliamentary Party in the Decade of Centenaries’, NUI Galway
On 4 September 2015 NUI Galway hosted a one-day workshop entitled ‘Researching the Irish Parliamentary Party in the Decade of Centenaries’. The workshop was part of NUI Galway’s commemorative plans for the Decade of Centenaries, and examined opportunities and challenges to researching the Irish Parliamentary Party in the build up to the centenary of the…
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