Posts Tagged ‘Cork’
11 November 2018: Civic commemoration of 1918 Armistice, Cork City
On Sunday 11 November 2018 a civic commemoration took place at the Cenotaph, South Mall, Cork City, to mark the centenary of the 1918 Armistice that ended the First World War. The Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Mick Finn, led the ceremony, which began at 10.15am. The ceremony was be attended by local public representatives, members of the…
Read More10 June 2017: ‘Ministers of Mercy: the Capuchins and the struggle for independence’, University College Cork
On Saturday 10 June 2017 University College Cork hosted a one-day conference entitled ‘Minister of Mercy: the Capuchins and the struggle for independence’. The Capuchin priests, most especially those based on Church St in Dublin, played a significant role in the struggle for independence after the Easter Rising of 1916, during which they had adminsitred…
Read More9-10 June 2017: ‘Women’s voices in Ireland’, University College Cork
On Friday 9 and Saturday 10 June 2017 Women’s Studies at UCC hosted a weekend festival to explore the theme of women’s voices in Ireland. Voices can be expressed in a multitude of ways and the festival included activism, history drama, film, music and poetry and other expressions of the female voice, as well as…
Read More5 May 2017: Launch of ‘Portraits: Women of Cork and the US. Navy 1917-1919’, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork
On Friday 5 May Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork, hosted the opening of a new exhibition curated by Damien Shiels (Rubicon), entitled Portraits: women of Cork and the US Navy, 1917-19. In 1917 thousands of American naval servicemen came to Ireland to participate in the First World War. Their interactions with local women, particularly…
Read More23 February 2017: Glasnevin Trust/TCD winter lecture: ‘The Hales brothers and the Irish revolution, 1916-23’, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, Dublin 11
On Thursday 23 February 2017 Glasnevin Trust and Trinity College Dublin presented the fifth in a series of lectures on ‘Ireland and the world after the Rising’. Liz Gillis (RTÉ) will present a lecture entitled ‘The Hales brothers and the Irish revolution, 1916-23’. This told the story of the Hales brothers from West Cork epitomises the whole revolutionary…
Read More17 December 2016: ‘Landscapes of revolution’ workshop, Midleton Public Library, Co. Cork
On Saturday 17 December 2016 the Landscapes of revolution project held a public workshop in Midleton Public Library. The workshop explored how to utilise online resources to uncover and record information about sites associated with the War of Independence in the Midleton area, and was particularly aimed at volunteers interested in participating in the project. At…
Read More