Social history
Ireland and the League of Nations
Sunday, 10 September, marks the centenary of the admission of the Irish Free State into the League of Nations. This event is of particular significance as the new State took its place on the world stage and it was highlighted by the EAG as being a fitting and uplifting conclusion to the Decade of Centenaries…
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To conclude their programme of events for the Decade of Centenaries, Bere IslandProjects Group CLG will hold their inaugural Military Heritage Festival on Saturday16th and Sunday 17th September, featuring guided walks, talks and an exhibition ofold military photographs. Bere Island, located at the entrance to Bantry Bay, West Cork has a rich militaryheritage spanning four…
Read MoreThomas MacDonagh Hedge School
Thomas MacDonagh Hedge School September 20-24, 2023 www.macdonaghmuseum.ie ‘And now the poet heart is calling too’ from The Golden Joy Thomas MacDonagh The first Thomas MacDonagh Hedge School takes place from 20-24 September 2023 in the Thomas MacDonagh Museum in Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary and aims to be one of the highlights of the Museum’s 10th anniversary programme. Advance…
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Republicanism, Crime and Paramilitary Policing, 1916-1945
Dr. Brian Hanley, Assistant Professor in Twentieth Century History at Trinity College, Dublin will hold a talk, “Republicanism, Crime and Paramilitary Policing, 1916-1945”, in Dundalk Library at 3pm on Friday 1st September as part of the 2023 Decade of Centenaries programme. Drawing on his recently published book ‘Republicanism, Crime and Paramilitary Policing, 1916-2020’ which examined the relationship between…
Read MoreSaol na nDaoine ar Chósta an Chopair 1912-1923
A new local history exhibition will open to the public on the last weekend in August. Saol na nDaoine ar Chósta an Chopair features history, folklore, pictures and artefacts illustrating life onWaterford’s Copper Coast in the early decades of the 20 th Century, against the particular backdrop ofthe years 1912 to 1923, which was a…
Read MorePoetry as Commemmoration
July First Fridays7 July 2023 | 18.00 | MoLI Join us on Friday, 7 July, from 6pm for First Fridays! The museum will be open late, until 9pm, with free admission and a range of programmed events, including a discussion with poets Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi, Bebe Ashley, and Julie Morrissy and a reading by writer Eimear…
Read MoreVirtual Treasury 101 Research Showcase:
Saturday, 1 July 2023 1.30 – 5pm Virtual Treasury 101 Research Showcase: Step into the Past and Back to the Future Venue: Thomas Davis Lecture Theatre (Room 2043) Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin (entrance via Nassau Street Gate) Full details and booking *here*
Read MoreDecade of Centenaries Awardees announced
Decade of Centenaries Awardees announcedSupporting new local research and local history studies The Royal Irish Academy today announces the twenty Decade of Centenaries Bursaryscheme awardees, as part of the final year of the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023, supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.This year, the scheme is dedicated…
Read More‘hearts ne’er waver’: The Women Prisoners of the Irish Civil War
OPW presents two new exhibitions in Kilmainham Gaol Museum on the experiences of women prisoners during the Irish Civil War 30 May 2023 to 30 April 2024 The Office of Public Works (OPW) at Kilmainham Gaol Museum presents two special exhibitions to mark the centenary of the imprisonment of over 600 women during the Irish…
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