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25-26 July: ‘The Irish Convention, 1917-1918: A centenary symposium’, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2
On Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 July 2017, Trinity College Dublin hosted ‘The Irish Convention, 1917-1918: A centenary symposium’. In the wake of the Easter Rising, and after other failed attempts to find a compromise, Prime Minister Lloyd George summoned a gathering of representative Irishmen to a convention to establish a basis for a settlement of…
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…
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