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27 March 2019: Glasnevin Trust/TCD Spring lecture on ‘Uncovering the ordinary experience of extraordinary times: Ireland, 1917-1927’, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, Dublin 11
In March 2019 Glasnevin Trust, in conjunction with the School of History and Humanities at Trinity College Dublin, hosted its annual Spring lecture series on the theme of ‘Social History and the Irish Revolution’ every Wednesday evening in March at 7.00pm. The fourth and final lecture in the series was delivered by Dr Richard McElligott…
Read More20 March 2019: Glasnevin Trust/TCD Spring lecture on ‘”This is supposed to be a civilised country and part of Great Britain!” Southern Irish Loyalists and Revolution’, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, Dublin 11
In March 2019 Glasnevin Trust, in conjunction with the School of History and Humanities at Trinity College Dublin, hosted its annual Spring lecture series on the theme of ‘Social History and the Irish Revolution’ every Wednesday evening in March at 7.00pm. The third lecture in the series was delivered by Dr Brian Hughes (Mary Immaculate…
Read More13 March 2019: Glasnevin Trust/TCD Spring lecture on ‘Is everything we loved gone forever? The burning of Irish country houses during the War of Independence’, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, Dublin 11
In March 2019 Glasnevin Trust, in conjunction with the School of History and Humanities at Trinity College Dublin, is hosting its annual Spring lecture series on the theme of ‘Social History and the Irish Revolution’ every Wednesday evening in March at 7.00pm. The second lecture in the series was delivered by Prof. Terence Dooley (Maynooth…
Read More6 March 2019: Glasnevin Trust/TCD Spring lecture on ‘Towards a further understanding of the violence experienced by women in the Irish revolution’, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, Dublin 11
In March 2019 Glasnevin Trust, in conjunction with the School of History and Humanities at Trinity College Dublin, is hosting its annual Spring lecture series on the theme of ‘Social History and the Irish Revolution’ every Wednesday evening in March at 7.00pm. The first lecture in the series was delivered by Prof. Linda Connolly (Maynooth…
Read More23 February 2019: Launch of MSPC Brigade Activity Reports, Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin 6
On Saturday 23 February 2019 the official launch of the Brigade Activity Reports series of the Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Collection took place at Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines, Dublin 6. These reports were compiled from 1935 onwards to assist in the verification of individual applications for pensions; nearly all of the reports include brief descriptions of particular operation…
Read More6 February 2019: ‘Girls in silk kimonos’, National Library of Ireland, Dublin 2
On Wednesday 6 February 2019 the National Library of Ireland, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2, in association with Dublin Lyric, hosted a performance of the late Miriam Gallagher’s play Girls in Silk Kimonos. Originally written for radio, the play centres on the correspondence between Constance Markievicz and her sister Eva Gore-Booth, focusing on Constance’s election to Westminster in…
Read More30 January 2019: ‘Girls in silk kimonos’, National Library of Ireland, Dublin 2
On Wednesday 30 January 2019 the National Library of Ireland, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2, in association with Dublin Lyric, hosted a performance of the late Miriam Gallagher’s play Girls in Silk Kimonos. Originally written for radio, the play centres on the correspondence between Constance Markievicz and her sister Eva Gore-Booth, focusing on Constance’s election to Westminster in…
Read More26 January 2019: ‘1919: Birth of a counter-state’, DCU St Patrick’s Campus, Dublin 9
On Saturday 26 January DCU hosted a seminar entitled ‘1919: Birth of a counter state’. This explored the beginnings of the Irish War of Independence and the establishment of the structures of a counter state with the foundation of the first Dáil Éireann in January 1919. Speakers included Catriona Crowe, Anne Dolan (TCD); Cecilié Gordon (Irish…
Read More26 January 2019: ‘An Chéad Dáil: Centenary of the First Dáil seminar’, Wexford Library
On Saturday 26 January 2019 Wexford Town Library commemorated the centenary of the First Dáil with a half day seminar. Speakers included Elaine Callinan (Carlow College), Maurice Manning (NUI), and Jim Ryan. The seminar took place in Wexford Town Library, Wexford. From RTÉ Archives: The first Dáil.
Read More23 January 2019: ‘Sworn to be free: a nation reborn’, Naas, Co. Kildare
On Wednesday 23 January 2019 Kildare Decade of Commemorations Committee presented a commemorative event, entitled ‘Sworn to be free: a nation reborn’, to mark the centenary of the meeting of the first Dáil Éireann in 1919. Of the 73 Sinn Féin MP’s who constituted themselves as the TD’s of the first Dáil only 28 (some…
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