Local Authorities
Kildare County Council Decade of Centenaries 2023 Grant Schemes
The County Kildare Decade of Commemorations Community Heritage Grant Scheme is open for applications to individuals, groups and organisations in County Kildare that are carrying out projects in relation to the Decade of Commemorations (1912-23) period. Funding of between €400 and €2500 is available for individual projects under the grant scheme. Commemorative projects that promote…
Read MorePOSTPONED – NEW DATE IN 2023 Co. Louth Cumann na mBan & the Civil War
Dr. Ailbhe Rogers will provide a talk on this topic and be in conversation with LCC Historican in Residence Dr Thomas Tormey in Dundalk Library, on Friday, the 16th of December at 3pm.. All are welcome, no booking is required. This talk will be available to view online on Crowdcast. Click either by QR code or by…
Read MoreCultúr – A Decade of Centenaries Event
Experience the music, song & dance that carried us through the tumultuous years from 1916 to the end of the Civil War. Times were difficult in Ireland a century ago. The years 1922-1923 saw great unrest, particularly here in Kerry as the people tried to come to terms with a newly emerging independent Ireland. Our…
Read MoreSpiritual Wounds: Trauma, Testimony and the Irish Civil War
Dundalk Library will host an event with Ardee historian Dr Síobhra Aiken in conversation with Louth County Council Historian in Residence Dr. Thomas Tormey entitled Spiritual Wounds: Trauma, Testimony and the Irish Civil War. It will be held in Dundalk Library on Tuesday, June 28th at 6pm as part of the Louth County Council Decade…
Read MoreGarda Síochána Galway/Gaillimh 1922- 2022
Garda Síochána Galway/Gaillimh 1922- 2022 exhibition commemorates 100 years of An Garda Síochána serving the people of County Galway. “The Garda Síochána will succeed not by force of arms or numbers, but on their moral authority as servants of the people.” – Michael Staines, Garda Commissioner, 1922 A new exhibition entitled Garda Síochána Galway/Gaillimh 1922- 2022…
Read MoreTHE BATTLE OF PETTIGO AND BELLEEK
A new booklet from Donegal County Museum
Read MoreArchives and Memory, North and South
Wednesday, 4 May 2022, 7 – 8:15pmFrom the 1690s to 1922, the role of Chief Secretary of Ireland evolved to become the most important administrator in the country. Archives North and South reveals the benefits of deepening archival collaboration by examining the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland and its significant pre-1900 Chief Secretaries’ collections, alongside the National Archives…
Read MoreMonaghan and the Decade of Centenaries
Wilful Murder. Lt. John Hubert Wogan-Browne, Kildare,
Wilful Murder. Lt. John Hubert Wogan-Browne, Kildare, 10 February 1922. by Mark D. McLoughlin Wilful Murder. Lt. John Hubert Wogan-Browne, Kildare, 10 February 1922 by Mark McLoughlin, is the latest publication which has been produced as part of the Co. Kildare Decade of Commemorations programme. On 10 February 1922, a British Army officer, Lt. Wogan-Browne,…
Read MoreBandages and Bullets
‘Bandages and Bullets’ A short documentary about the role of Cumann na mBan in the Enniscorthy Rising. It was commissioned by Wexford County Council & the Enniscorthy Municipal District, and made by Terence White of Stickyback Media View here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sO8sHnRA1I
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