Social history
Poetry as Commemoration (Kilkenny/Tipperary/Wexford)
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…
Read MoreDecade of Centenaries Bursary
Royal Irish Academy opens local history research fund for the final year of the Decade of Centenaries Programme The Royal Irish Academy are pleased to open the Decade of Centenaries Bursary scheme onceagain, as part of the commemorative programme for the final year of the Decade of Centenaries,supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts,…
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The Chambers of Commerce of Ireland CLG (Chambers Ireland) celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
The Chambers of Commerce of Ireland CLG (Chambers Ireland) celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. While many affiliated Town and City Chambers were formed in the late 1700s and 1800s, a national organisation became essential after Independence. The Centenary will be recognised by a flagship dinner in St Patrick’s Hall in Dublin Castle on the evening…
Read MoreThe Alpha Male in Irish History
The Alpha Male in Irish History: an online talk by Myles Dungan Thursday 19th January 2023, 8 pm To register for Zoom link email [email protected] Join Irish historian and broadcaster, Myles Dungan, as he explores why there were so few women in positions of influence in the years before and after Irish Independence. The Alpha Male in…
Read More‘I am to die for Ireland’
‘I am to die for Ireland’ The second part of an exhibition exploring the role of Kilmainham Gaol in Civil War state executionsopens on 8 January, the centenary of the executions of five young former Free State soldiers whowere condemned to death on charges of treason. The exhibition will include the last letters of one…
Read MoreCo Louth Cumann na mBan and the Civil War
Staging the Treaty
‘Staging The Treaty’ is part of the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023 supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and broadcast in partnership with RTE.ie/history. ANU Productions have brought to life one of the most significant events in Irish history – the Dáil Debates of 1921/22 with an ensemble cast of…
Read MoreBUILDING AS WITNESS Project Awards
Crawford Art Gallery has announced six BUILDING AS WITNESS Project Awards. BUILDING AS WITNESS focuses on the site of Crawford Art Gallery (previously Crawford Municipal School of Art) which was witness to fascinating histories of local, national, and international importancesurrounding the Irish Civil War period. The Gallery team is excited to work with the selected artists…
Read MoreW.B. Yeats and the Irish Free State
A century ago, in December 1922, at the height of the Civil War, poet W.B. Yeats was nominated to the Senate of the newly established Irish Free State. In January of that year he had participated in the cultural programme of the Irish Race Congress in Paris. In 1923 he was awarded the Nobel Prize…
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