Somme
Special Ceremony of Remembrance and Wreath Laying
A special ecumenical service of commemoration and wreath-laying was held at the Irish National War Memorial in Islandbridge on 11 July at 12.30pm. This annual Somme time event is arranged and led by the Royal British Legion Republic of Ireland District with the co-operation and assistance of the Irish Government. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, this…
Read More14 September 2017: Clandeboye: heritage, history and place, Clandeboye Estate, Co. Down
On Thursday 14 September 2017, as part of the Aspects Bangor Literary Festival, Trinity College Dublin and Queen’s University Belfast hosted a sequence of events at the Clandeboye Estate, Co Down, as part the Clandeyboye Reading Party, a North-South joint research collaboration which aims to promote deeper cultural awareness and understanding of sensitive issues around war, commemoration,…
Read More13 September 2017: Launch of ‘Atlas of the Irish Revolution’, Irish Architectural Archive, Dublin 2
On Wednesday 13 September the Irish Architectural Archive, 45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, hosted the launch of the Atlas of the Irish Revolution, edited by John Crowley, Donal Ó Drisceoil and Mike Murphy, with John Borgonovo, and published by Cork University Press. The Atlas of the Irish Revolution is a landmark publication that presents scholarship…
Read More9 July 2017: National Day of Commemoration, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8
On Sunday 9 July 2017 the principal ceremony of the National Day of Commemoration took place in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8 National Day of Commemoration commemorates all Irishmen and Irishwomen who died in past wars or on service with the United Nations. It occurs on the Sunday nearest July 11, the anniversary of the…
Read More8 July 2017: Royal British Legion Republic of Ireland annual ceremony of remembrance and wreath-laying, National War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge, Dublin 8
On Saturday 8 July 2017 the Royal British Legion Republic of Ireland conducted its annual commemoration and wreath-laying ceremony at the Irish National War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge, Dublin 8. This annual event is arranged and led by the Royal British Legion-Republic of Ireland with the co-operation and assistance of the Irish State, and commemorates those who…
Read More28-29 June 2017: Launches of Terence Dooley’s ‘Monaghan: the Irish Revolution, 1912-23’, Co. Monaghan
On Wednesday 28 June and Thursday 29 June Four Courts Press presented two launches of the latest in its series of county histories of the Irish revolution: Terence Dooley’s Monaghan. In 1912, Monaghan unionists, together with unionists in wider Ulster, prepared to prevent the implementation of home rule. In their thousands, they signed the Ulster…
Read More9-11 June 2017: ‘Irish Military Seminar 2017’, Newbridge, Co. Kildare
On 9-11 June 2017 Kildare County Council’s in association with Ireland’s Military Story, Merrion Press and June Fest, hosted the inaugural Irish Military Seminar, at the Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare. The aim of the seminar was to look at all aspects of Irish military history, in a county that has a long association…
Read More19 May 2017: ‘Messines Peace Park: Its contribution to Irish / British reconciliation?’, Dublin City Hall, Dublin 2
On Friday 19 May 2017 Dublin City Library and Archive and The Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association presented a seminar titled’Messines Peace Park: Its contribution to Irish / British reconciliation ? ” The purpose of building the Irish Peace Tower in the form of the ancient Irish round tower in Messines opened by President Mary McAleese…
Read More4 April 2017: Dublin City Hall lunchtime lecture: ‘Ireland and the Great War in Belgium’, Dublin City Hall, Dublin 2
On Tuesday 4 April 2017 Dublin City Council presented the first of its 2017 lunchtime lecture series on the theme of ‘Remembrance & commemoration: the First World War’. The First World War was at that date the most devastating conflict in world history – never before had so many people been slaughtered and so many…
Read More3 April 2017: Screening of ‘The battle of the Somme’, Richmond Barracks, Dublin 8
On Monday 3 April Richmond Barracks hosted a special screening of The Battle of the Somme. Shot and screened in 1916, this was the first feature length documentary about the war and changed the way both cinema and film was perceived by the public, and in the year of its release it was viewed by around 20…
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