Sinn Féin
10 November 2018: ‘The end of the Great War and Ireland in 1918’, Naas, Co. Kildare
On Saturday 10 November 2018 the Kildare Archaeological Society’s annual seminar took place in the Killashee House Hotel, Naas. The subject is ‘The end of the Great War and Ireland in 1918’. The armistice that ended the war came into effect on 11 November 1918, and the seminar explored a wide range of issues relating…
Read More28-30 September 2018: ‘Thomas Kent School of History’, Fermoy, Co. Cork
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…
Read More11 September 2018-31 May 2019: National Library of Ireland exhibition: ‘From ballots to bullets: Ireland 1918-1919’, National Photographic Archive, Dublin 2
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…
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