Social history
Portrait of a Nation: Art, Politics and the Anglo-Irish Treaty
Portrait of a Nation: Art, Politics and the Anglo-Irish Treaty Programme Friday 22nd April 2022 9.00am Registration 9.15am Welcome, Dr Audrey Whitty, Deputy Director and Head of Collections, National Museum of Ireland 9.30am – 10.30am Truce to…
Read MoreDecade of Centenaries – Department of Justice 2022 Programme
The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, has today launched the justice sector programme of commemorative events for 2022-2024 as part of the Decade of Centenaries Programme. The Minister said: “Over the past decade, we have collectively reflected on many of the formative events in the history of our State as part of the Decade…
Read MoreSix Days
SIX DAYS, a spoken word stage performance which examines forensically what happened at North King Street through the 1916 Rising. Written and performed by Frank Shouldice (Grandpa the Sniper) accompanied by cellists Freyda Freytag and Rob Campbell with a riveting soundscape by Sean Higgins, it “brings home with unforgettable force a very real experience of history”…
Read MoreInside the Railings: A Portrait of Life within the Public Record Office of Ireland
An evening of readings and pictures, live from the Reading Room of the former Public Record Office, marking the centenary of the occupation of the Four Courts, April 1922 Live-streamed from the Appeal Court, formerly the reading room of the Public Record Office Thursday, 14 April 2022, 7-8.30pm Speakers The Hon. Mr. Justice Donal O’Donnell,…
Read More‘Burning the Big House: The Story of the Irish Country House in Revolution 1920-1923’
‘Burning the Big House: The Story of the Irish Country House in Revolution 1920-1923’…. A new exhibition and online lecture series for the Decade of Centenaries Programme, launched by Minister Martin. Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, launched ‘Burning the Big House: The Story of the Irish Country House…
Read More‘Intervals of Peace’: The Civil War Prison Art of Alfred McGloughlin
A new exhibition of previously unseen Civil War portraits in Kilmainham Gaol Museum 31 March to 25 October 2022 Kilmainham Gaol Museum and the Office of Public Works (OPW) are pleased to announce ‘INTERVALS OF PEACE’ a brand new exhibition of previously unseen Civil War portraits by prisoner and artist Alfred McGloughlin. The exhibition will open on…
Read MoreThe Treaty
by Colin Murphy One hundred years ago, a small group of untested politicians left Dublin for London, to negotiate for Irish independence with one of the most formidable delegations ever put together. The Irish were seeking to take back control; the British believed they were stronger together. The Unionists believed in a hard border on…
Read More‘Tom Johnson 1872-1963: Seeking No Honours’ by Shay Cody
‘Tom Johnson 1872-1963: Seeking No Honours‘ by Shay Cody (Free Online Talk on Saturday 5 March) The Irish Labour History Society are hosting a free online talk, via Zoom, on Saturday 5 March at 4PM on Tom Johnson by Mr Shay Cody. Tom Johnson played a very significant role throughout the Decade of Centenaries Period.…
Read MoreNew Bursary Scheme for the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2022/2023
New Bursary Scheme for the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2022/2023 The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, has announced a new bursary scheme, in partnership with the The Royal Irish Academy, for the final phase of the Decade of Centenaries. The objective of the bursary scheme is to encourage…
Read MoreLandscapes of Revolution Archaeology Project; The Tipperary Old IRA Map
In late 2021 the Tipperary County Council Heritage Officer and the Landscapes of Revolution Project at Abarta Heritage were alerted to the existence of an early 20th century Ordnance Survey map that appeared to bear annotations from the Revolutionary period. These markings, in different coloured inks, include what seem to be trails and routes together with the…
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