National and Local
The Local Government Archivists and Records Managers in association with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government have produced this booklet outlining the events of the local elections in 1920.
These were the first elections in Ireland to use Proportional Representation (PR) and the elections were undertaken while Ireland was still gripped by the War of Independence.
BUILDING 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…
An exhibition on Cumann na mBan is currently running in Stradbally Library and Art House. The exhibition is part of a long-term and ongoing engagement by Laois Local Studies with projects to remember and record the stories of Laois women in the revolutionary period. Curated by Bernadette Dunne, with the support of Laois Libraries, the…