Dublin Lockout
8 April 2015: ‘They did us proud: our heroes gone’: unveiling of painting of 1916 Rising, East Wall, Dublin 3
On Tuesday 8 April 2015 Lord Mayor of Dublin, Christy Burke, unveiled a new painting by Eilish Lynch entitled The did us proud: our heroes gone, by artist Eilish Lynch will be unveiled in the Seán O’Casey Community Centre, East Wall, Dublin 3. A gift to the East Wall History Group, the painting is a representation…
Read More11 March 2015: Launch of Diarmaid Ferriter’s ‘A nation and not a rabble: the Irish revolution, 1913-1923’, National Archives of Ireland, Dublin
On Wednesday 11 March 2015 at 6.30pm the National Archives of Ireland hosted the Dublin launch of Diarmaid Ferriter’s A nation and not a rabble: the Irish Revolution, 1913-1923. Ferriter is Professor of modern Irish history at UCD, and his new book is a comprehensive study of the historiography, events and legacies of the revolutionary decade 1913-1923. The…
Read More19 February 2015: Start of spring lecture series on ‘Becoming revolutionary: the year before 1916’, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, Dublin
On 19 February 2015, Glasnevin Trust in association with Trinity College Dublin launched its 2015 spring lecture series entitled ‘Becoming revolutionary: The year before 1916’. The lecture series examined the lives of a number of Irish revolutionaries, to explain how they became involved in a cycle of events that would culminate in the rebellion of 1916. What…
Read More5 February 2015: Start of lecture series ‘Neither King nor Kaiser: empire, war and rebellion in Ireland, 1912-1919’, Belfast
On 5 February 2015 the Belfast working class history group (BWCHG) launched a lecture series entitled Neither King nor Kaiser: empire, war and rebellion in Ireland, 1912-1919. The lecture series is sponsored by Queen’s University Belfast, the Heritage Lottery Foundation, and the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, and took as its subject contemporary opposition to the First…
Read More31 January 2015: Jim Larkin commemoration, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin
On Saturday 31 January 2015 a commemoration took place in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, to mark the anniversary of the death of James Larkin on 30 November 1947. As the leader of the ITGWU Larkin was one of the key figures in the 1913 Lockout. At 11am SIPTU vice-president Patricia King laid a wreath on behalf…
Read More26 January-8 February 2015: ‘City, assembled: a moving panorama inspired by the Dublin Civic Exhibition of 1914’, City Assembly House, Dublin 2
From January 26 to February 8 2015 the City Assembly House, South William St, Dublin 2, will host City, assembled: a moving panorama inspired by the Dublin Civic Exhibition, 1914. This is a collaboration between UCD and IADT. The original Civic Exhibition was held in the grounds of Kings Inns and the adjoining Linen Hall…
Read More16 January 2015: History Ireland Hedge School: ‘Irish policing, 1814-2014’, National Museum of Ireland Country Life, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
On Friday 16 January a History Ireland ‘Hedge School’ took place at the National Museum of Ireland Country Life, Turlough, Castlebar, Co. Mayo to accompany the museum’s current exhibition Preserving the peace: policing on the island of Ireland, 1814-2014. Ireland’s first police force, the Peace Preservation Force, is a little over two centuries old. What went before? Why…
Read More6 October 2014: Roy Foster lecture on ‘The revolutionary generation in Ireland, 1890-1923’, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
At 6pm on Monday 11 August 2014 Prof. Roy Foster (Oxford) gave a lecture in the Royal Irish Academy, Dawson St, Dublin 2, entitled ‘The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland (and Waterford), 1890-1923’. The lecture was based on his new book on the subject. Listen to a podcast of the lecture here. Learn more about the…
Read More22 March 2014: Commemoration of the Irish Citizen Army, Liberty Hall, Dublin
At 3pm on Saturday 22 March a commemorative event took place in Liberty Hall, Dublin 1, to mark the foundation of the Irish Citizen Army. The event included a specially commissioned performance by ANU Productions, along with music by Des Geraghty, and a lecture on the Citizen Army by Dr Ann Matthews. To listen…
Read More24 October 2013: Launch of ‘Working Lives, 1893–1913’, National Photographic Archive, Dublin
On 24 October Dinny McGinley T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, opened a new exhibition entitled Working Lives, 1893–1913 at the National Photographic Archive, Temple Bar, Dublin. Working Lives, 1893–1913 features 148 contemporary photographs of workers throughout the island of Ireland from 1893 to…
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