Sinn Féin – Page 2 – Decade Of Centenaries

28-30 September 2018: ‘Thomas Kent School of History’, Fermoy, Co. Cork

By Editor | 02/09/2018 |

Between Friday 28 and Sunday 30 September 2018 the inaugural ‘Thomas Kent School of History’ symposium took place in Fermoy, Co. Cork. Named in honour of Thomas Kent, who was executed for his role in the Easter Rising of 1916, the inaugural symposium will focus on 1918 in both national and local contexts, with a…

11 September 2018-31 May 2019: National Library of Ireland exhibition: ‘From ballots to bullets: Ireland 1918-1919’, National Photographic Archive, Dublin 2

By Editor | 20/08/2018 |

On 11 September 2018 a new exhibition curated by the National Library of Ireland, ‘From ballots to bullets: Ireland 1918-1919’, was launched at the National Photographic Archive by Senator Ivana Bacik, Chair of the Oireachtas Vótáil100 committee. The exhibition covers the key years 1918-1919, which encompassed the end of the First World War, the first postwar UK election in…