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History, Storytelling and the 1916 Rising
History, Storytelling and the 1916 Rising – In Conversation with Cilian Fennell – Creator & Producer of RTÉ’s Award-Winning Centenary (2016) Global Irish Network webinar Hosted by the Irish History Research Group, University of Edinburgh Wednesday 6 October 20217.00 pm BST/ 2.00 pm EST Zoom Followed by a Panel DiscussionSarah-Anne Buckley (NUIG)Roisín Higgins (Teesside)P. J. Mathews…
Read MoreQuis Separabit? The Connaught Rangers through time and history’
‘Quis Separabit? The Connaught Rangers through time and history’This online conference is funded by the Commemorations Unit, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the community strand of the Decade of Centenaries Programme and Galway County Council.The conference will go live on Saturday 25 September at 1pm and will be available…
Read MoreSeán Russell and the IRA
Seán Russell and the IRA Worthy successor of Tone and Casement? For over half a century, the statue of IRA Chief-of-Staff Seán Russell in Fairview Park has been both a flashpoint of controversy and site of devoted Irish republican pilgrimage. But who was this key IRA figure of the early 20th century – and what…
Read MoreEverest Expedition
Westmeath County Council, with funding from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, through their Decade of Centenaries Programme, has commissioned a Digital Exhibition to mark the Centenary of the first Everest Expedition led by Charles Howard Bury of Belvedere House. The Everest Expedition took several months and culminated on 20th– 24th September…
Read MoreEamon Duggan
New Publication coming from Meath County Council Available on 7th December, the centenary of the Treaty, from Antonia’s bookshop in Trim https://antoniasbookstore.com/ and all branches of Meath County Council Library Service. —————————————————— Longwood-native Eamon Duggan, with Robert Barton, made the final arrangements for the truce. Appointed chief Irish liaison officer, he accompanied Éamon de Valera…
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
Read MoreNational Concert Hall
National Concert Hall Presents Treaty: Songs With Lisa O’Neill, Gemma Dunleavy, John Spillane, Karan Casey, Maija Sofia, Duke Special, Jonathan Nangle & Crash Ensemble and more to be announced. Special guest Christy Moore Saturday 11th December, 8pm December 1921 saw Irish representatives gather to debate the Anglo-Irish Treaty at the Kevin Barry Rooms at Earlsfort…
Read MoreThe Battle of Crossbarry, March 19th 1921
The War of Independence and Civil War had profound impacts on Irish people, both individually and collectively, not least in the county of Cork. It is estimated that over 700 people lost their lives in the county owing to this tumultuous period (1920 to 1923) and one hundred years later, groups throughout the county are undertaking…
Read MoreThe River Remembers
The River Remembers Stories from the Roscommon Shannon River basin
Read MoreListowel Police Mutiny of June 1920
Conor McNamara, Galway County Council Historian in Residence, explores the career of Jeremiah Mee and the events surrounding the Listowel Police Mutiny of June 1920 when Mee and fourteen fellow RIC refused to hand over their police barracks to the British military. Available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iJeTLxhB5o
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