National and Local

As part of the Monaghan Decade of Centenaries programme for 2020 children across the county are reading, The Sound of Freedom’, by author Ann Murtagh. *Here* Ann talks about the book.

UCD Marks the Centenary of the Execution of Kevin Barry on 1 November 1920 Kevin Barry, UCD Medical Student and a member of H Company, 1st Battalion of the IRA’s Dublin Brigade, was the first Irish republican to be executed during the War of Independence. He had been captured on 20 September during a failed…

Divine Illumination: https://youtu.be/0nHYdhiDJ7k The Mural: https://youtu.be/Dl06oJSGUeE They are included with the online exhibition at https://libraries.dlrcoco.ie/events-and-news/online-exhibition#divine-illumination

Louth 1920 Online Archives Exhibition 1920 was yet another momentous year in the Decade of Centenaries. With the War of Independence raging, all-island local elections were held, which were the first elections in Ireland to use Proportional Representation. Much of what occurred during this significant period in Irish history took place at a local level…

Carlow County Council Decade of Centenaries Programme – Kevin Barry and the Oral Tradition When Kevin Barry was executed, on November 1st, 1920, he had packed a lot of living into his eighteen years on this earth. From his own comments and letters, from comments of family and friends, we know that he played rugby…

Monaghan’s War of Independence 1919- 1921 Working in collaboration with Professor Terence Dooley of Maynooth University, Monaghan County Museum has published a new booklet to accompany their exhibition (link to the booklet below): Using stunning imagery, objects, film and first-hand accounts as well as new research into the history of the conflict in Monaghan.…

Tipperary Museum is holding its 8th Annual Lecture Series from October 2020 – April 2021. The focus of this year’s series is on The War of Independence in Ireland, with particular reference to Tipperary. As we remember the events of 100 years ago that led to Irish Independence, this series will look at local, national…

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The Local Government Archivists and Records Managers in association with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government have produced this booklet outlining the events of the local elections in 1920. These were the first elections in Ireland to use Proportional Representation (PR) and the elections were undertaken while Ireland was still gripped by the…

Monaghan: One book, one county

Divine Illumination: Centenary of the Oratory of the Sacred Heart, Dún Laoghaire

Decade of Centenaries Local Legacies Programme in 2020

Monaghan War of Independence

Tipperary and the War of Independence

1920 Local Elections commemorative booklet