Loughrea Memorial Group Conference ‘Democracy and the People’
Loughrea Memorial Group Conference ‘Democracy and the People’
Full details and registration *here*
Date: Thursday 7th November 2019
Time: 9.30am – 5pm
Venue: Loughrea Hotel and Spa, Loughrea, Co Galway
EVENT COST: €10 INCLUDES TEA/COFFEE & LUNCH
9.30 am – 10.00am Registration & Tea/Coffee
10.00 am – 10.15am Welcome by Cllr Jimmy McClearn, Cathaoirleach, Galway County Council
10.15 am – 11.00am “Liam Mellows, Democrat or Demagogue: Personal Writings and Political Speeches” by Dr Conor McNamara
11.00am – 11.15am Tea/Coffee
11.15am – 12.30pm “Provincial talks for Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Collection – Connacht” by Robert McEvoy
12.30 pm – 1.30pm Lunch
1.30 pm – 2.15pm “What it said in the papers a century ago – Loughrea and County Galway in 1919” by Steve Dolan
2.15 pm – 3.00pm “Stacking the coffins: the impact of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic on Loughrea and Ireland” by Dr Ida Milne
3.00pm – 3.15pm Tea/Coffee
3.15pm – 4.00pm “The Mutiny of the 1st Battalion of the Connaught Rangers in 1920”
by Joe Loughnane
4.00pm- 4.45pm ‘The majority have emigrated’: Post-Civil War Cumann na mBan Emigration by Síobhra Aiken
Exhibition:
Dave Swift and Claíomh will have a display of revolutionary period materials and artefacts on display throughout the day.