Kilkenny: Decade of Centenaries 2019 Programme of events
Decade of Centenaries 2019 Programme of events
Each of these initiatives is supported by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht under the Community Strand of the Decade of Centenaries programme.
For full details see here.
| Date | Event/Lecture | Venue | Time |
| Home Rule Club | |||
| Wednesday, 18th September | Lecture by Author Jim Maher, historian & Author.
“The rescue of Seán Hogan at the station of Knocklong – a sequel to Soloheadbeg” Admission €5. Refreshments supplied. Tickets at the door. |
Home Rule Club, No. 3 John’s Quay, Kilkenny | 8.30pm |
| South Kilkenny Historical Society | |||
| Thursday, 26th September | Lecture by Senator Ivana Bacik ‘An Immigrant Family’s Memories of South Kilkenny who helped shape a Modern Ireland’
Free Admission |
Mullinavat Parish Hall (opposite the church), Co. Kilkenny | 8pm |
| Thursday, 24th October | Lecture by Mr William Murphy
‘The War of Independence archive of Tom Ryan’ Free Admission |
Mullinavat Parish Hall, Co Kilkenny. | 8pm |
| Library Lecture Series | |||
| Saturday, 28th September | Lecture by Eoin Swithin Walsh, Author & Historian.
‘Kilkenny during 1919; the first year of the War of Independence’ Free Admission – First-come first-served basis. |
City Library, Johns Quay, Kilkenny | 11am |
| Saturday, 5th October | Lecture by Robert McEvoy, Archivist.
‘County Kilkenny in the Military service (1916-1923) Pensions Collection’ Free Admission – First-come first-served basis. |
City Library, Johns Quay, Kilkenny | 11am |
| Tuesday, 15th October | Lecture by Catherine Marshall, Art Historian & Curator.
‘From Revolution to Free State: The Visual Arts Response’ Free Admission – First-come first-served basis |
City library, Johns Quay, Kilkenny | 6.30pm |
| Tuesday, 5th November | Lecture by Jim Maher, Author & Historian,
‘The Flying Column West Kilkenny 1916-1921’ Free Admission – First-come first-served basis
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City Library, Johns Quay,
Kilkenny |
6.30pm |