Artistic and Cultural
‘Burning the Country House’ Online Lecture Series
A series of lectures hosted by the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish houses and Estates, History Department, Maynooth University. The lecture series is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Historical Strand of the Decade of Centenaries Programme. These talks run in tandem with the exhibition Burning…
Read MoreThe Word on the Street is…. Newspaper Podcast Series, A Monaghan Perspective
The Word on the Street is…. Newspaper Podcast Series, A Monaghan Perspective 1921 was a remarkable year in Irish History, but what were Monaghan people reading when Ireland was changing? During 2021, Librarian Conal McCrudden worked with Michael Fisher trawling through the newspaper archive for 1921. Michael, who has 45 years’ experience working mainly in…
Read MoreAudio Recordings of Poems by Thomas Behan
Audio Recordings of Poems by Thomas Behan “Tom Behan who rendered outstanding services in the fight for freedom, and who was a brave and intensely local Soldier of Ireland, was shot dead on the Curragh in 1922, and his death, still mourned as that of a man who loved his country above all things, evoked…
Read MoreRough Beast
Galway Music Residency is delighted to present the World Premiere of ‘Rough Beast’, an exclusive performance marking the 1921 Centenary, in association with The Contemporary Music Centre, on Saturday 27th November at 8pm in the O’Donoghue Theatre, NUI Galway. ‘Rough Beast’, a new work by Irish composer Rhona Clarke, is part of the Arts in…
Read MoreTheatre and Treaty: Arthur Griffith’s Reputation as Impugned by W.B. Yeats and Frank Pakenham
Tuesday 9 November, 7pm Speaker: Professor Colum Kenny, Professor Emeritus Dublin City University Join Professor Colum Kenny as he looks at the remarkable relationship between Arthur Griffith and W.B. Yeats, in the context of Griffith’s reputation. Platform: Zoom Book Here Founder of Sinn Féin, Chairman of the Treaty delegation and President of Dáil Éireann, Arthur Griffith was…
Read MoreEncounters with Jack B. Yeats
To mark the occasion of Jack B Yeats 150th anniversary, The Model presented a new six-episode Podcast series, called Encounters with Jack B Yeats. The series featured rediscovered original audio of Yeats in conversation with curator Thomas MacGreevy; re-enacted source material by Yeats’ peer, the writer and activist Dorothy Macardle; alongside contemporary responses by artists Ruth Clinton…
Read MoreMinister Martin to open Treaty 1921 – Records from the Archives exhibition in London
Minister Martin to open Treaty 1921 – Records from the Archives exhibition in London The exhibition opening will mark 100 years from the start of negotiations on the Anglo-Irish Treaty at 10, Downing Street on 11 October 1921 Irish and British Treaties to be reunited 100 years after signing The Anglo-Irish Treaty is one of…
Read MoreHistory, Storytelling and the 1916 Rising
History, Storytelling and the 1916 Rising – In Conversation with Cilian Fennell – Creator & Producer of RTÉ’s Award-Winning Centenary (2016) Global Irish Network webinar Hosted by the Irish History Research Group, University of Edinburgh Wednesday 6 October 20217.00 pm BST/ 2.00 pm EST Zoom Followed by a Panel DiscussionSarah-Anne Buckley (NUIG)Roisín Higgins (Teesside)P. J. Mathews…
Read MoreNational Concert Hall
National Concert Hall Presents Treaty: Songs With Lisa O’Neill, Gemma Dunleavy, John Spillane, Karan Casey, Maija Sofia, Duke Special, Jonathan Nangle & Crash Ensemble and more to be announced. Special guest Christy Moore Saturday 11th December, 8pm December 1921 saw Irish representatives gather to debate the Anglo-Irish Treaty at the Kevin Barry Rooms at Earlsfort…
Read MoreThe River Remembers
The River Remembers Stories from the Roscommon Shannon River basin
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