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Staging the Treaty
‘Staging The Treaty’ is part of the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023 supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and broadcast in partnership with RTE.ie/history. ANU Productions have brought to life one of the most significant events in Irish history – the Dáil Debates of 1921/22 with an ensemble cast of…
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Read MoreNI Centenary Talks Programme 2021
NI Centenary Talks Programme 2021 As part of Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council’s Centenary Programme, marking 100 years since the foundation of Northern Ireland, we are pleased to announce a new series of talks. The programme reflects on a range of Centenary-related themes, including history, sports, industry, the arts and identity, and feature Dr Éamon Phoenix,…
Read MoreMonaghan County Museum presents: ‘Monaghan’s War of Independence 1919-1921’
Monaghan County Museum presents: ‘Monaghan’s War of Independence 1919-1921’ Launching 20th February @ 7.30pm. ‘O’Duffy gave orders to light the fuse. The explosion went off successfully. There was a shower of slates and paper floating over the area’. The Monaghan Brigade of the IRA, under the command of Eoin O’Duffy, who successfully attacked a Royal Irish…
Read MoreLabour and the North and the National Question
History Ireland Hedge School @ Mechanics Institute, Galway (in association with the ICTU, the Irish Centre for the Histories of Labour and Class, NUI Galway and supported the Commemorations Unit of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht) 8pm Friday 8th November Labour and the North and the National Question James Connolly, executed for his…
Read More30 Oct-3 Nov 2018: Louth Libraries Festival of History, various locations, Co. Louth
Between Tuesday 30 October and Saturday 3 November 2018 Louth Public Libraries will hosted a centenary history festival across its branch libraries, exploring the events of 1918. These included: the end of the First World War, the experience of women in the revolutionary period, the shifting counters of Irish nationalism after 1916 and the decline…
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