Posts Tagged ‘Collins Barracks’
8 July 2018: National Day of Commemoration, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7
On Sunday 8 July 2018 the principally ceremony of the National Day of Commemoration took place in Dublin. The ceremony is a multi-faith service of prayer and military ceremony commemorating all those Irishmen and Irishwomen who died in past wars or on service with the United Nations. It is held annually on the Sunday closest…
Read More25 November 2017: World War One conference, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7
On Saturday 25 November 2017 the Western Front Association (Dublin) hosted a one day conference on the First World War in the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7. Speakers included Gary Sheffield (Wolverhampton), Ronan McGreevy (Irish Times) and Col. Brendan O’Shea. The full programme is available here. Learn…
Read More28 January 2017: Leaving Cert History Conference: ‘Al changed, changed utterly: Revising the Rising’, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7
On Saturday 28 January 2017 the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7, hosted a conference for senior cycle Leaving Certificate teachers and students entitled ‘All changed, changed utterly: Revising the Rising’. This will focus on the aftermath and legacy of the Easter Rising of 1916. Speakers included Donal…
Read More8 December 2016: Finding a voice: Dermot Bolger at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7
On 8 December 2016 the National Museum of Ireland, and Poetry Ireland hosted an evening of performance, music and conversation to mark Dermot Bolger’s residency at the museum. As part of the National Museum of Ireland’s Decade of Centenaries Public Programme, poet, playwright and novelist Dermot Bolger held his six-month residency with us in Collins Barracks…
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