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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Centenary of the Killester Garden Village 1923-2023

By Grace O'Keeffe | 10/06/2023 |

Centenary of the Killester Garden Village 1923-2023 In August 1923 the first Irish WW1 ex-servicemen and their families moved into the new community of the Killester Garden Village. These ‘Homes for Heroes’ were built from 1920-1923 consisting now of 289 ex-servicemen houses for these Irish veterans and their families after the Great War. On Saturday…

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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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Remembering so we don’t forget: the National Folklore Collection

By Grace O'Keeffe | 15/05/2023 |

For nearly ninety years, the National Folklore Collection has collected oral history from all over the country. One period, however, remained relatively unrecorded – the Civil War. The Collection’s new endeavour, the Civil War Memory Project, may be the last meaningful opportunity to record memories of this tumultuous period, explains director Dr Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh…

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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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‘The Other Civil War’

By Grace O'Keeffe | 28/03/2023 |

‘The Other Civil War’ Zoom Talk With Myles Dungan (RTÉ History Show) County Kildare Decade of Commemorations are hosting an online talk by Myles Dungan (RTÉ History Show) on Thursday 20th April at 7PM. Titled ‘The Other Civil War’, this talk centres on the relatively unknown story of the hated land seizures of 1919-23. Free State…

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Laois Decade of Centenaries Lectures

By Grace O'Keeffe | 28/02/2023 |

Laois Libraries in collaboration with Terry Dunne, Laois Historian-in-Residence, is delighted to present two online history talk in March. The first talk, The Dublin Guard in the Civil War by John Dorney, takes place on Tuesday 7 March 2023 at 7 pm. This online event tells the story of Mick Dunne, who was of Portarlington-extraction,…

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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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Decade of Centenaries Bursary

By Grace O'Keeffe | 15/02/2023 |

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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