Bere Island Military History Festival

By Grace O'Keeffe | 05/09/2023 |

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…

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Thomas MacDonagh Hedge School

By Grace O'Keeffe | 29/08/2023 |

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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Poetry as Commemmoration

By Grace O'Keeffe | 04/07/2023 |

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…

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Virtual Treasury 101 Research Showcase:

By Grace O'Keeffe | 09/06/2023 |

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*

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Decade of Centenaries Awardees announced

By Grace O'Keeffe | 02/06/2023 |

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…

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Untold Stories

By Grace O'Keeffe | 30/03/2023 |

Tipperary Museum of Hidden History presents… ‘Untold Stories’ A new Civil War exhibition traces the historic and contentious period of Civil War in Ireland and highlights aspects of Tipperary’s involvement through the men and women on the ground. The exhibition is an explosion of colourised photographs from 1921 – 1924, expertly and accurately remastered. The…

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Multilingual Legacies

By Grace O'Keeffe | 23/02/2023 |

This symposium – funded by the Royal Irish Academy and hosted by Roinn na Gaeilge at Queen’s University Belfast – brings together scholars working across different languages to consider how Ireland’s revolutionary period has been conveyed to non-English language audiences through different forms and during different political moments. Booking *here*

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Poetry as Commemoration (Kilkenny/Tipperary/Wexford)

By Grace O'Keeffe | 23/02/2023 |

Poetry as Commemoration workshops coming to Kilkenny Dates: Wednesdays 8th & 15th of March  Time: 2.30pm-4.30pm. Location: Kilkenny City Branch Library, John’s Quay. Poet and fiction writer, Mary O’Donnell, will lead two Poetry as Commemoration workshops at Kilkenny City Branch Library during which  participants will respond to local and national archival material from the War of…

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