Posts Tagged ‘Messines’
18 June 2017: ‘Battle of Messines’ seminar, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7
On Sunday 18 June the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7, hosted an afternoon seminar to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Messine. The keynote speaker was Kevin Myers, journalist and writer, alongside a panel of historians including Damien Burke (Jesuit Provincial Archive), Lar Joye (NMI) and…
Read More1 June 2017: opening of new exhibition in National Museum of Ireland: ‘War in the mud: The Irish soldier in Belgium in the summer of 1917’.
On Thursday 1 June 2017 the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and Historyopened a new Battle of Messines exhibition in its Decade of Centenaries gallery. The exhibition, entitled ‘War in the mud: the Irish soldier in Flanders, 1917’, surveys what happened to the Irish soldier in 1917 on the Western Front. In 1917,…
Read More7 June 2017: Joint British-Irish ceremony to mark centenary of Battle of Messine, Island of Ireland Peace Park, Belgium
On 7 June 2017 the Island of Ireland Peace Park marks the centenary of the battle of Messines, on the Western Front. This was a preliminary engagement intended to prepare the way for a much wider Allied offensive in and around the Belgian city of Ypres (Ieper) in the summer of 1917; the objective was…
Read More6-11 June 2017: Lecture series, Ginchy Cross display, and Royal British Legion commemoration to mark centenary of the Battle of Messines, Armagh
From 6-10 June 2017 a series of lectures were delivered in the Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Library and Archive, Moy Road, Armagh, on the Battle of Messines and on the local and social impact of the First World War In addition, the library hosted the Ginchy Cross throughout this period This cross was carved in…
Read More31 May 2017: ‘From Messines to Carrick Hill: writing home from the Great War’, National Library of Ireland, Dublin 2
On Wednesday 31 May 2017 the National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 presented an event based on Tom Burke’s (UCD/Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association) book Messines to Carrick Hill: Writing home from the Great War. Set against the backdrop of the prelude to Battle of Wijtschate-Messines Ridge on 7 June 1917, the book and the event…
Read More19 May 2017: ‘Messines Peace Park: Its contribution to Irish / British reconciliation?’, Dublin City Hall, Dublin 2
On Friday 19 May 2017 Dublin City Library and Archive and The Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association presented a seminar titled’Messines Peace Park: Its contribution to Irish / British reconciliation ? ” The purpose of building the Irish Peace Tower in the form of the ancient Irish round tower in Messines opened by President Mary McAleese…
Read MoreCall for expressions of interest to attend centenary commemoration of Battle of Messines
On 7 June, the centenary of the start of the Battle of Messines Ridge, an island of Ireland commemoration, jointly led by the Governments of Ireland and the UK, in partnership with the Mayor of Messines, will take place at 14.00 at the island of Ireland Peace Park. Island of Ireland Peace Park, Messines, Belgium. The…
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