Posts Tagged ‘1917’
16 October 2017: ‘Galway 1917: Social conditions and political change’, Loughrea, Co. Galway
On Thursday 16 October a conference on ‘Galway 1917: Social conditions and political change’ took place in Lough Rea Hotel & Spa, Loughrea, Co. Galway. This will explore social life and condition in Co. Galway in 1917, in the aftermath of the Easter Rising and against the backdrop of the First World War. Speakers included John…
Read More5-6 May 2017: ‘1917 Centenary Reflections Conference’, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
On Friday 5 and Saturday 6 May the Moore Institute, NUI Galway, in association with Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society and Roscommon County Council Library Service and Heritage Office, presented a conference entitled ‘1917 Centenary Reflections’. Taking the North Roscommon bye-election of February 1917 as a starting point, this conference explored Irish life in the pivotal…
Read More4 May 2017: History Ireland ‘Hedge School: ‘Ireland, the United States and the war at sea, 1917’, Cobh Library, Cobh, Co. Cork
On Thursday 4 May, as part of CAFE Readers and Writers Festival, Cobh Library hosted a History Ireland ‘Hedge School’ debate entitled ‘Ireland, the United States and the war at sea, 1917’. 1917 was the pivotal year of the First World War. At its outset German U-boats were inflicting huge damage on Allied shipping, while…
Read More11 March 2017: ‘Aftermath of the Rising: Reflecting on the politics of 1917’, Mansion House, Dublin 2
On Saturday 11 March 2017 the Collins Griffith Commemoration Society held a seminar in the Mansion House, Dublin 2, entitled ‘Aftermath of the Rising: Reflecting on the politics of 1917’. This explored key events that took place in 1917 – the rise of Sinn Féin and the Irish Convention – and the manner in which this…
Read More28 January 2017: ‘1917 aftermath of rebellion: a public symposium’, DCU St Patrick’s Campus, Dublin 9
On Saturday 28 January 2017 Dublin City University hosted a public symposium entitled ‘1917 aftermath of rebellion’, exploring Irish life in the months following the Easter Rising of 1916. It explained how the 1916 Rising became the catalyst for the creation of an independent Irish state, assessed aspects of life in Ireland after the Rising and…
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